Elon Musk 'Down Cast', Becoming The Richest Person In The World Only 4 Days

JAKARTA - Founder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk again had to 'go down caste'. He must be willing to give back the position of the world's richest man to Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos.

Quoting a Forbes report, Wednesday, January 13, this happened after Musk's wealth fell by nearly 14 billion US dollars in one day or the equivalent of Rp 200 trillion (exchange rate of Rp 14,300). This is because the shares of its electric vehicle manufacturer, Tesla, fell nearly 8 percent on Monday, January 11.

As a result, Musk's net worth fell US $ 13.5 billion, or equivalent to Rp.193.05 trillion, to US $ 176.2 billion or equivalent to Rp2.519 trillion. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is again leading the list of the richest people in the world.

By calculations, Musk now has a wealth of less than around 6 billion US dollars or around Rp.85.8 trillion under Bezos. The bald-headed Amazon CEO has a net worth of US $ 182.1 billion, equivalent to Rp2.604 trillion.

Even though on Monday Amazon's stock also fell more than 2 percent, it had little effect on Bezos' fortune. Bezos' net worth only decreased by US $ 3.6 billion, or the equivalent of Rp. 51.4 trillion.

Previously, on Thursday, January 7, Musk became the richest person in the world after successfully displacing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Bezos himself has occupied the position of the richest person since 2017.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, which was quoted on Friday, January 8, Musk's total wealth reached 195 billion US dollars, equivalent to Rp2,730 trillion (based on an exchange rate of Rp.14,000 per US dollar).