NEW YORK: The combined net worth of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos approached US$500bil (RM2.08 trillion), fuelled by the unrelenting rally in Tesla Inc shares and a broad surge in tech stocks that sent the Nasdaq 100 to an intraday record.
The value of the two fortunes – a sum bigger than the market value of Johnson & Johnson and about equal to that of America’s biggest bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co – is yet another watershed moment in what’s shaping up to be a historic week for billionaires.
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