Today was a very special day for Elon Musk, as he surpassed Jeff Bezos to become the richest man in the world. His Equity hit the incredible mark of US$ 188.5 Billion, he reached this mark thanks to the 4.8% rise of Tesla shares.
It might sound crazy, but in the last year (2020), Musk has seen his fortune grow by $150 billion, thanks to the rapid rise that comes with Tesla. In case you didn't know, Tesla Group is automotive and energy storage, it develops, produces and sells electric cars.
Tela is a company based in the United States of America and it is worth mentioning that its vehicles produced have a high performance. However, despite this type of car being quite successful, Tesla sold only 499,550 vehicles throughout 2020. For comparison, Volkswagen made about 11 million car sales in 2019.
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SpaceX and the Richest Man in the World
Elon Musk didn't just bet on creating electric cars, he also wants to explore the skies of earth with the SpaceX. Well, the current richest man in the world is also the owner of this American company of aerospace systems and space transport services.
Apparently, in addition to making electric cars, Elon Musk is also focused on taking people into space and maybe other planets. It is worth mentioning that SpaceX is currently sending several satellites to the skies of the earth in order to create an extremely fast internet.
Returning to the subject Elon Musk, he surpassed Bill Gates in November of last year to become the second richest man in the world. And now he surpasses Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, and took the first place in this tanking.
Tesla's great success is also attributed to the great optimism of investors, who are nevertheless betting on an electric car future.
Who is Jeff Bezos?
Well, we've already talked about Elon Musk, who is currently the richest man in the world, now it's time to talk about the second richest. Jeff Bezos is CEO of Amazon, which is an American tech giant, and perhaps the biggest E-Commerce company in the world.
In addition to E-commerce, it also focuses on other tasks such as cloud computing, streaming and artificial intelligence.
It is worth mentioning that Jeff Bezos' company is already working at full steam here in Brazil, including already thinking about deliveries in a private way. Amazon debuted here in our country on August 21, 2014, it started selling physical books to Brazilians.
Then it started selling Cell Phones, games, kitchen products, office stuff, school supplies and everything else you can imagine. Its first distribution center here in Brazil was opened on January 22, 2019, in Cajamar.
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