Elon Musk is now richer than Mark Zuckerberg after Tesla stock split

By Jack Pitcher

Musk passed Zuckerberg as third-richest person in the world on Aug 31 as shares of Tesla Inc continued their unrelenting rally after undergoing a forward stock split. — AP

Elon Musk is now the third-richest person in the world.

Musk passed Facebook Inc co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on Aug 31 as shares of Tesla Inc continued their unrelenting rally after undergoing a forward stock split. Musk is now worth US$115.4bil (RM480.69bil) compared with US$110.8bil (RM461.53bil) for Zuckerberg, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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