For The First Time Ever Elon Musk Is Now The 4Th Richest Person On The Planet

And keep in mind, it wasn’t that long ago that we were stunned to see one person’s net worth top $100 billion. We now have three people in the world with a net worth over $100 billion (Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg) AND two humans are adding a previously-unimaginable amount of wealth to their coffers in less time than it takes to carry a baby to term. Another astonishingly-unpredictable event happened in the last 24 hours. At some point last night or this morning, Elon Musk became the fourth-richest person on the planet for the first time. His $85 billion net worth topped the $83 billion net worth of French billionaire Bernard Arnault. Bernard is a former member of the $100 billion-net-worth club. Bernard is the Chairman of luxury goods holding company LVMH Moët Hennessy. Bernard’s net worth has dropped $21 billion year to date, likely as the world steps back from ultra-luxury goods. I mean, if you’re out of a job, who needs Moët when you can buy a bottle of 2 Buck Chuck, right? Here’s your new top 4 richest people on the planet as of this morning: