Bezos topples Musk as world's richest person

Jeff Bezos has regained his spot as the richest person for the first time since 2021. (Image: AP)

Thu, 07 Mar 2024

By Alyssa Lukpat Jeff Bezos is back on top.The Amazon.com founder is once again the world’s richest person, eclipsing Elon Musk and jumping atop the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time since 2021. Bezos’ net worth was US$200 billion (NZ$329b) on Monday, according to Bloomberg. The personal wealth of Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, was US$198b and LVMH chief Bernard Arnault’s was US$197b. Musk, Arnault and Bezos have rotated places in recent years atop the ranking, which measures personal wealth...

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