Elon Musk Goads Jeff Bezos After Extending Lead as World’s Richest Person
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Elon Musk wants Jeff Bezos to know he’s No. 1.
Tesla Inc.’s co-founder responded to a tweet from Bezos early Monday with a silver medal emoji after the gap between the world’s two richest people increased last week through the surging valuation of Musk’s rocket company SpaceX. His net worth is now $222 billion, while Amazon.com Inc.’s Bezos is at $190.8 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The jab escalates the public spat between the two billionaires, who are both trying to revolutionize the space industry.