Bernard Arnault dethrones Elon Musk. According to the real-time ranking established by Forbes magazine, the CEO of the LVMH group once again became the world’s richest personality on Wednesday with an estimated fortune of 185.1 billion dollars at 5:55 p.m. The eccentric head of SpaceX and Tesla slipped into the second step of the podium (184.7 billion dollars) ahead of the Indian industrialist Gautam Adani, founder of the Adani conglomerate ($134.8 billion).
In May 2021, Bernard Arnault had already briefly become the first fortune in the world, ahead of Elon Musk.
However, this number 1 position was once again ephemeral for Bernard Arnault: at 6:54 p.m., Elon Musk was again the richest man in the world, with 184.9 billion dollars compared to 184.7 billion dollars for Bernard Arnault.
Elon Musk’s fortune collapses
Bernard Arnault took advantage of this Wednesday the setbacks of Elon Musk who has seen his fortune crumble since his arrival at the head of Twitter, which he bought for 44,000 million dollars at the end of October. According to Reuters, Tesla shares have lost notably more than 47% since the billionaire submitted his purchase offer, amid investor fears that the latter is too busy with his new functions within the social network, to the detriment of the Automobile manufacturer.
Note that Forbes takes into account the fortune of Bernard Arnault “and his family.” Bloomberg – which adopts a different methodology to establish its own ranking of the world’s largest fortunes – placed the LVMH chief in second place on Wednesday with a fortune of 165,000 million dollars, compared to 179 for Elon Musk.
Source: BFM TV
