Elon Musk once again the richest man in the world – OFFICIAL

Money makes money and South Africa-born Elon Musk has made a lot of it over the years. And by a lot, we mean a LOT!

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The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people.

Musk is once again the richest person in the world having slipped to second place after purchasing Twitter for a reported $44 billion.

Elon Musk, 51, surpassed France’s Bernard Arnault this week with his net worth as of Thursday, 1 June now at $195 billion.

Arnault trials by $8 billion on $187 billion.

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They are followed by American Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($146 billion) who rounds out the Top 3.

The rest of the Top 10, in order, are: Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Steve Ballmer, Warren Buffet, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Mark Zuckerberg

The figures below are updated at the close of every trading day in New York.

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Below, the Top 10 richest people in the world at the close of business on 1 June 2023.