Bloomberg’s real-time billionaire tracker now has the two billionaires at about $ 3 billion each other, with Bezos at $ 184 billion and Musk at $ 181 billion. Bill Gates is now a distant third, with $ 132 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Another gain to Tesla (TSLA) the shares raised Musk’s net worth by $ 4.1 billion to $ 165.4 billion, according to Forbes calculations. But it looks like Forbes is not giving credit to Musk for the value of the options it received in 2020 to buy 33.6 million additional shares of Tesla.
Musk is also the major shareholder in EspaceX, another company of which he is CEO, although SpaceX is privately owned, so its value does not fluctuate as much as the value of Tesla.
Bezos ’stake in Amazon shares increased by $ 75 billion in 2020, to $ 173.3 billion, given the huge increase in sales driven by the Covid-19 pandemic.
But that was nothing compared to Musk’s stakes in Tesla. The 170 million shares of Tesla it already owns increased in value by $ 106 billion during 2020, as shares increased 743% over the course of the year.
The value of his stock options he had at the beginning of the year increased by $ 14.2 billion, while the new options he received during the year during his pay package were worth $ 21.5 billion in end of the year.
Musk captured Gates for the title of the second richest person in the world in late November, but Tesla shares have risen in value by 45% since then, raising Musk’s net worth by $ 53 billion in last two months.
Tesla shares have started well in 2021, rising another $ 50.31 per share, or 7%, since the beginning of this year. This has raised Musk’s Tesla stakes and options by another $ 11 billion this year. Meanwhile, Amazon shares lost about 4% of their value.
According to company statements, Musk is expected to meet options to buy another 16.9 million shares of Tesla earlier this year. These options would be valued at $ 11.6 billion at the current value of the shares, after taking into account the exercise price.
Bezos has no options on shares of Amazon, only the 53.2 million shares he has as the company’s founder. He would have had more if he had not given 19.7 million shares to his ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, in his divorce. Bezos has also sold or donated shares as part of his charitable donations. Musk has never ceded any shares of Tesla.
It’s not just Bezos that Musk is about to catch. ExxonMobil, the most valuable oil company in the United States, has a market value of $ 188.6 billion. So Musk, who is the world’s leading proponent of changing drivers of gas and diesel to electric vehicles, is about to be worth as much as one of America’s largest oil companies.
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