Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has an estimated net worth of $198.1 billion, is once again the world’s second-wealthiest person and the wealthiest person in the United States as of Tuesday, surpassing Amazon founder and chairman Jeff Bezos, who has an estimated net worth of $197.1 billion, as the pair continues to compete for the title.
On Wednesday, Musk’s net worth increased by $1.7 billion, while Bezos’ increased by only $708 million, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires tracker. This is the 12th switch in March.
Bezos reclaimed the second wealthiest slot from Musk on Tuesday afternoon, having lost it earlier that morning. According to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires tracker, Bezos’ net worth decreased by $1.3 billion while Musk’s increased by $2.8 billion, allowing him to surpass Musk once more.
According to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires tracker, Musk’s net worth jumped by $4.6 billion and Bezos’ by $366 million on Tuesday afternoon, putting him back in second place.
Bezos overtakes Musk.According to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires tracker, Bezos’ net worth increased by $694 million and Musk’s net worth decreased by $1.5 billion on Thursday, with a total difference of almost $4 billion.
Musk overtakes Bezos—Musk’s estimated net worth increased by $815 million on Wednesday, while Bezos’ net worth decreased by approximately $558 million.
Bezos overtakes Musk—Bezos’ estimated net worth increased by roughly $1.3 billion on Tuesday, while Musk’s fortune fell by about $1.2 billion.
Musk overtakes Bezos—Musk’s fortune climbed by roughly $5.5 billion on Monday, allowing him to exceed Bezos, whose net worth increased by about $450 million.
Bezos overtakes Musk.Tesla stock decline reduced Musk’s fortune by $4 billion, while Bezos’ net worth increased by $195 million.
The couple changed positions on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaire List twice in the same day.
Bezos briefly overtook Musk as the richest person in the US due to Tesla’s stock market issues, but Musk quickly regained his position.
Forbes calculates Musk’s fortune at $193.8 billion as of Thursday afternoon, while we estimate Bezos’ worth at $196.8 billion. Bezos’ wealth comeback has sparked a month-long feud between the Amazon CEO and Musk. Since the beginning of March, the pair has changed positions nine times in the wealth rankings. Musk lost his position as the world’s second richest person on March 6, the first time he had been out of the top two of Forbes’ real-time billionaire rankings since August 19, 2021. According to Forbes, Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH, remains the world’s wealthiest individual, with an estimated net worth of $231.5 billion as of Thursday.