Elon Musk became the most successful billionaire of the week – his fortune increased by $ 15 billion and set a new record
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The fortunes of the 10 most successful billionaires this week increased by a staggering $ 53.4 billion despite the fact that the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remained almost unchanged over the same period. writes American Forbes. The most significant growth in the fortune of the founder of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk.
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Over the past trading week, which ended on Friday, Tesla’s share price rose by more than 24%, and Musk’s fortune – by $ 15 billion. Now the billionaire’s fortune is estimated at $ 91.7 billion, which was a record for him. This week Musk returned in the five richest billionaires in the world. This happened after, against the background of the growth of shares of the electric car manufacturer in just a day, his fortune increased by $ 7 billion at once.Tesla in early July became the most expensive automaker in the world, and on Friday bypassed the market capitalization of the world’s largest retailer Walmart, Forbes USA notes.
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Daniel Gilbert, the owner of Quicken Loans mortgage bank, took the second place in the list of billionaires, whose fortunes grew the most in a week. His fortune increased by $ 13 billion. On Friday, Gilbert climbed to 20th place in the global Forbes rankings, overtaking the Mexican Carlos Slim, who was once the richest man on the planet.
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All members of the top 10 billionaires with the most increased fortunes made it to the list thanks to the rising shares of technology companies, emphasizes the American Forbes. So, in third place was the head of Amazon Jeff Bezos, whose fortune grew by $ 7.6 billion. His ex-wife Mackenzie Scott, who owns about 4% of the company, was in seventh place. Her fortune grew by $ 2.6 billion.
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Фото Eduardo Munoz / Reuters
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