Elon Musk is now the richest person in the world, surpassing Jeff Bezos.

Elon Musk, founder, CEO, CTO and chief designer of SpaceX and CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc, has become the world’s richest man, pushing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on the second spot.

Elon Musk, the maverick boss of Tesla, has overtaken Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person, after shares in the electric car company he co-founded soared on hopes that a Democrat-controlled US Senate would usher in a new green agenda.

Jeff Bezos total net worth is $184 billion with a last change of -$4.24 billion while Elon Musk’s total net worth is $181 billion with last change of +$4.74 billion, so, going by the last change in numbers, Elon Musk is now world’s richest person.