JAKARTA – Jeff Bezos back to take his position as the richest man in the world. Previously, Jeff Bezos’ position as the richest man in the world was replaced by Bernard Arnault.
Reporting from Forbes, Bernard is now ranked third after Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. The prices of the three richest people in the world have increased. Jeff Bezos’ wealth has increased by approximately $2.5 billion, or 1.28%.
Here is a summarized list of the five richest people in the world Okayzone.
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1. Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world with a wealth of USD 199.7 billion or equivalent to Rp. 2.857 trillion (referring to the exchange rate of Rp. 14,307 per USD).
Bezos started Amazon when he decided to quit his job as a banker at the investment firm DE Shaw. Then, he founded Amazon in Seattle in his garage in 1994 by entrusting his wife, Mackenzie to be his accountant. He sells books with his virtual method that was not yet in demand.
Three years later, Amazon ventured to conduct an initial public offering or IPO. The decision made Bezos a billionaire. Even so, he still rides the Honda Accord for activities.
It didn’t stop there, Bezos founded a space flight company called Blue Origin in 2000. He called the company a legacy business, selling $1 billion in Amazon stock every year.
2. Elon Musk
The second place went to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has assets of USD 191 billion or equivalent to Rp. 2,732 trillion.
The founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk ranks 6th out of 21 people in the world who are influential in carrying out transportation innovations. This was known after the international organization Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) conducted research on 21 selected people.
Elon is considered the most innovative person to think about clean energy in a vehicle after he decided to produce electric cars, Tesla. With Tesla, he is accelerating the emergence of sustainable transportation by pushing the boundaries of e-mobility.
