Elon Musk becomes world's richest person once again thanks to Tesla
India TodayElon Musk has reclaimed his title of being the world's richest person as Tesla stock prices surged, a Bloomberg report reveals. Musk was dethroned as the world's richest person in December 2022 as Tesla shares saw a decline and was replaced by Louis Vuitton CEO Bernard Arnault. Elon Musk becomes world's richest person again Musk's net worth now stands as USD 187 billion. A press release by the organisation confirmed the same and stated that “Elon Musk has officially broken the world record for the largest loss of personal fortune in history.” The press release by Guinness World Records also stated that previously, the record was held by Japanese tech investor Masayoshi Son who had lost USD 56 billion. “Billionaire entrepreneur and Twitter's new owner Elon Musk sells 19.5 million Tesla shares, a SEC filing shows,” a tweet by Reuters said at the time.