American billionaire Elon Musk first rose to the position of the richest man in the world on the 2022 Forbes List, which calculates him a fortune of $219 billion.
Musk was already second on that list when it was made in 2021, but this year he climbs to the top of the podium above, in this order, American Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon, estimated 171 billion), Frenchman Bernard Arnault (Louis Voutton, 151 billion) and fellow American Bill Gates (Microsoft, 129 billion).
Musk, creator of the Tesla electric car, is presented by Forbes as the man who “has revolutionized transport, both on earth with Tesla and in space through the rocket maker SpaceX”.
Musk was in the news again for announcing his entry on the Twitter board of directors, after yesterday he announced that he was acquiring 9.2% of the company's shares; the announcement triggered Twitter shares on the New York Stock Exchange by 7.3%.
The businessman, born in South Africa and holder of South African, Canadian and American nationalities, is considered one of the most visionary but at the same time the most controversial entrepreneurs, especially because of his hyperactivity on social networks where he likes to comment on multiple issues beyond what is politically correct.
As usual, the 2022 Forbes List is dominated by white American males, and in fact in the top 10 places, eight correspond to this profile, the other two being the French Arnault and the Indian Mukesh Ambani (ranked number 10).
Mexican millionaire Carlos Slim, for his part, climbs from 16th to 13th place, with a fortune that Forbes estimates at $81.2 billion and that makes him the richest Latin American in the world.
(With information from EFE)
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