Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Two technology figures Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are competing to become the world's richest person. Now both of them are at the top of the list of rich people.
In the Bloomberg Billionaires Index report as of Friday, June 14 2024, Musk was ranked first. The owner of social media X pocketed US$207 billion or Rp. 3,372 trillion.
Last year Musk also became the world's richest person with a fortune of US$192 billion. However, he finally stepped down because he lost to LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault.
Bezos is behind Musk with wealth of US$206 billion or Rp. 3,355 trillion. The day before, the Amazon founder was in first place with US$210 billion.
He also beat Musk last March and became the world's richest person. According to CNN International, on March 4 2024, Bezos was recorded as having wealth of US$200 billion (Rp. 3,256 trillion).
Musk is in second place. He has wealth of around US$198 billion (Rp. 3,226 trillion).
Arnault's position was finally in third place. The boss of the luxury fashion brand has wealth of US$204 billion or Rp. 3,324 trillion.
Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page are in fourth and fifth positions. The Meta boss and founder of Google has wealth of US$179 billion (Rp. 2,917 trillion) and 156 billion (Rp. 2,542 trillion).
As of Friday morning, the top 10 richest people are dominated by the technology industry. Only Arnault and famous investor Warren Buffett are in 10th place with wealth of US$134 billion (Rp. 2,183 trillion).
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