Musk is now $100 billion richer than Jeff Bezos

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk continues to expand his status as the world's richest person as his net worth rises well above any other top earner by 2022. [{ "selector": ".rtsja-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "250ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

In the latest Forbes list, Musk increased his net worth to $282 billion [{ "selector": ".pfzis-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "250ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

which is over $100 billion richer than Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whose net worth is $183.6 billion, reports the Daily Mail [{ "selector": ".zdbac-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "250ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

Musk has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a net worth of just $26.6 billion as of early 2020. [{ "selector": ".acllz-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "250ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

In 2020, Elon Musk's wealth grew to more than $110 billion, a record for anyone in Forbes history to follow such figures. [{ "selector": ".nwxwz-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "250ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

The report Says that Elon Musk gained another $90 billion in 2021 [{ "selector": ".qucfg-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "250ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

as he knocked Bezos off the top of the Forbes rich list to begin the year [{ "selector": ".ddbfk-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "250ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

Musk is now $115 billion richer than LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, the world's third-richest person with a net worth of $167.4 billion, the report said. [{ "selector": ".nqwnt-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "250ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]