On Wednesday, Elon Musk misplaced his place because the world’s richest man to Bernard Arnault, the chief govt officer of Louis Vuitton’s mum or dad firm, LVMH. Musk’s loss was fast and solely by a “fraction.”

In line with Forbes, the transitory change in rating was attributable to a pointy decline within the worth of Musk’s share in his electric-car firm Tesla and a $44 billion funding on his newly acquired social media firm Twitter.

Elon Musk and Arnault’s web price continued to fluctuate, however as of Wednesday, Forbes calculated that Arnault was price $185.8 billion. Musk was not far behind with $185.7 billion in wealth.

Nevertheless, on the identical day that Arnault may declare to be the world’s richest man, Musk reclaimed his standing as the highest billionaire, pushing Arnault again to second spot.

The hole in web price between the 2 billionaires, $100 million, is nonetheless vital to many individuals. Clearly, it needs to be peanuts for these two males.

Elon Musk Nonetheless World’s Wealthiest Particular person

In line with Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, Musk remains to be the world’s richest particular person with an estimated web price of $179 billion. Musk snagged the title from Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos.

In line with Bloomberg, this places the Tesla CEO round $14 billion wealthier than the LVMH CEO, whose web price is $165 billion.

Earlier on November 8, the web price of Elon Musk fell under $200 billion as traders dumped Tesla’s shares over considerations that the chief govt and largest shareholder of the world’s most precious electric-vehicle producer is preoccupied with Twitter.

LVMH, the world’s largest luxurious enterprise listed on the Paris Inventory Change, owns round 70 style and beauty manufacturers, together with Christian Dior, Sephora, Tiffany & Co, Givenchy, Moet Hennessy, and Dom Perignon, and has a market capitalization of 358 billion euros.

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The Two Billionaires Are Crypto Fanatics

In the meantime, a number of celebrities have joined the Dogecoin bandwagon, however none have been as enthusiastic as Elon Musk – the self-titled “Dogefather” – who has been tweeting concerning the cryptocurrency since 2019.

In Might of final 12 months, the value of DOGE reached its all-time excessive quickly earlier than Elon Musk appeared on Saturday Night time Dwell. The pre-event hype induced the value to achieve an unsustainable degree, and n ever having recovered,

In April 2021, LVMH partnered with Cartier and Prada to launch the Aura Blockchain Consortium, a non-profit group that makes use of blockchain know-how to create a “digital twin” for designer merchandise.

TAG Heuer, which is owned by the posh agency LVMH Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton, stated in Might that its U.S. web site would take Bitcoin, Ethereum, and different cryptocurrencies.

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