As noted, in the first six months of 2023, he increased his capital by $96.6 billion, raising his fortune to $234 billion.
However, this year the 500 rich people who are included in this ranking got lucky. Each member of the Billionaires Index earned an average of $14 million a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. This has been the best half year for billionaires since the second half of 2020. Collectively, the world’s 500 richest people increased their wealth by $852 billion.
In addition to Musk, Mark Zuckerberg (2nd place with a capital gain of 58.9 billion) and Jeff Bezos (3rd place and 47.4 billion) can boast fabulous benefits.
As noted, investor interest in artificial intelligence has affected the share value of technology companies.
