There was a shake-up at the top of the list.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been dethroned as the wealthiest person in the world. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken the top spot on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s richest people, bumping Bezos from a four-year run.
When Forbes reached out to Musk for a comment on the news of his rise to the top of the list, the noted pot-stirrer responded with a brief email. The two controversial billionaires have a longstanding rivalry. For example, Musk, 50, has called Bezos, 58, a copycat on Twitter on at least two occasions: In 2019, when Amazon announced it would launch internet satellites, and again in the following tweet from 2020 when Bezos’ company acquired a company specializing in autonomous vehicles.“The World’s Richest Person” is not the only title Musk has received in recent months.