{"id":30476,"date":"2020-11-24T20:24:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person"},"modified":"2020-11-24T20:24:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:24:21","slug":"elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Elon Musk has toppled Bill Gates as the world\u2019s second-richest person, just a week after the Tesla co-founder overtook Facebook\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg to become the third-richest.<\/p>\n

Driven by a further surge in Tesla\u2019s share price, the 49-year-old entrepreneur\u2019s net worth rose by $7.2bn (\u00a35.4bn) to $127.9bn. It has soared by more than $100bn this year \u2013 outranking everyone else on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which lists the world\u2019s 500 richest people. In January, Musk was in 35th place.<\/p>\n

The maverick chief executive of the electric car company is now ranked immediately behind Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. Tesla\u2019s shares have surged since the company was selected to join the S&P 500 index of leading US companies a week ago, driving its market value close to $500bn. Three-quarters of Musk\u2019s net worth comes from Tesla shares.<\/p>\n

If Tesla\u2019s share price growth continues, Musk could net a bonus deal worth a record $55.8bn. To trigger the maximum payout he has to build Tesla into a $650bn company by 2028.<\/p>\n

Tesla has the highest market value of any car company in the world, even though it makes far fewer vehicles than others. It is expected to deliver up to 500,000 electric vehicles this year, compared with Japanese carmaker Toyota\u2019s annual production of about 10m.<\/p>\n

Musk is also involved in spacecraft through his company SpaceX, which last week sent four astronauts to the International Space Station on its Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule under a commercial contract with Nasa. SpaceX is about to launch 60 broadband internet satellites into orbit, after suffering delays due to poor weather conditions.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Photograph: Alexander Becher\/EPA Elon Musk\u2019s net worth has risen by $7.2bn to $127.9bn.<\/p>\n

Gates, who co-founded Microsoft, was the world\u2019s richest person for years before being knocked off the top slot by Bezos in 2017. Gates\u2019s fortune is worth $127.7bn but would be higher had he not donated big sums to charity over the years. He has given more than $50bn to help fight diseases and tackle poverty, mainly through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has also backed the development of Covid-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n

Despite the pandemic, which has resulted in business closures and job losses, this year has been a good one for those listed on the Bloomberg index, who have collectively gained $1.3tn since January.<\/p>\n

A week ago, Musk overtook Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, 36, and advanced into third place. Zuckerberg has fallen back into fourth spot this week, behind the French businessman Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of LVMH, the world\u2019s largest luxury goods company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Elon Musk has toppled Bill Gates as the world\u2019s second-richest person, just a week after the Tesla co-founder overtook Facebook\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg to become the third-richest. Driven by a further surge in Tesla\u2019s share price, the 49-year-old entrepreneur\u2019s net worth rose by $7.2bn (\u00a35.4bn) to $127.9bn. It has soared by more than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,9,15],"tags":[1493,19],"class_list":["post-30476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"\nElon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Elon Musk has toppled Bill Gates as the world\u2019s second-richest person, just a week after the Tesla co-founder overtook Facebook\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg to become the third-richest. Driven by a further surge in Tesla\u2019s share price, the 49-year-old entrepreneur\u2019s net worth rose by $7.2bn (\u00a35.4bn) to $127.9bn. It has soared by more than […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-24T18:24:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/img-5fbd5ce97695c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-24T18:24:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person\"},\"wordCount\":444,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/img-5fbd5ce97695c.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"miscellaneous\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person\",\"name\":\"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/img-5fbd5ce97695c.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-24T18:24:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/img-5fbd5ce97695c.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/img-5fbd5ce97695c.jpg\",\"width\":620,\"height\":330,\"caption\":\"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person - zimbabwe","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person","og_description":"Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Elon Musk has toppled Bill Gates as the world\u2019s second-richest person, just a week after the Tesla co-founder overtook Facebook\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg to become the third-richest. Driven by a further surge in Tesla\u2019s share price, the 49-year-old entrepreneur\u2019s net worth rose by $7.2bn (\u00a35.4bn) to $127.9bn. It has soared by more than […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2020-11-24T18:24:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":620,"height":330,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/img-5fbd5ce97695c.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person","datePublished":"2020-11-24T18:24:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person"},"wordCount":444,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/img-5fbd5ce97695c.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Zimbabwe"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","miscellaneous","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person","name":"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/img-5fbd5ce97695c.jpg","datePublished":"2020-11-24T18:24:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/img-5fbd5ce97695c.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/img-5fbd5ce97695c.jpg","width":620,"height":330,"caption":"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-be-worlds-second-richest-person#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world\u2019s second-richest person"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}