Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has slipped to third place in the ranking of the world’s richest people after a series of messy tweets about the possibility of selling shares of the most famous cryptocurrency bitcoin.
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – May 18, 2021 – Entrepreneurs
On Monday, May 17, Tesla’s shares fell 2.2%, allowing LVMH French LVMH president Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton Bernard Arnault to rise to second place after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Musk’s net worth is $ 160.6 billion, and Arnault’s net worth – $ 161.2 billion.
It is noteworthy that in March of this year, musk ranked first in the list of the richest people.
However, his fortune has decreased by 24% since the beginning of the year.
Earlier, the value of the most popular cryptocurrency fell nearly 8% – to $ 44,000 USD, after Musk suggested that his company Tesla could sell all of its Bitcoin balances.
The next day, Musk explained that the company had not sold any Bitcoin since announcing a potential sale.
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Source: Ukrgate
