.@elonmusk just reached a new milestone: he became the third-richest person in the world. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO on Monday saw his net worth reach $115.4 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
He is now wealthier than Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has a fortune of $110.8 billion, and comes in behind Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates at No. 2 and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at No. 1, whose fortune has surpassed $200 billion.
#ElonMusk's wealth has soared amid the #CoronavirusPandemic. According to Bloomberg, his fortune has grown $87.8 billion this year alone. On Monday, Tesla's stock split sent shares surging as much as 12%, which resulted in Musk's bump up the Billionaires Index.
Despite his massive accumulation of wealth, Musk has frequently spoken about his disinterest in his own personal fortune. In May, Musk tweeted that he wanted to sell "almost all" of his physical belongings, and that he would "own no house."
Since then, he's reportedly agreed to sell four of his Los Angeles properties, which were listed for a total of $62.5 million, to a luxury real estate developer.'
Earlier this year, Musk's girlfriend, the musician Grimes, defended his wealth in an interview with Rolling Stone, arguing that he reinvests the money into making the world a better place.
Grimes said that Musk puts his fortune "into R&D to make the world better" and "puts every single ounce of his energy in everything he cares about. It's not as if Musk is "buying yachts" with his billions, Grimes said.
#ElonMusk doesn't appear to spend as lavishly as other billionaire CEOs, with his LA real estate portfolio appearing to be his biggest personal expenditure. Musk has signed the Giving Pledge, vowing to donate the majority of his wealth in his lifetime or in his will.
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Forget making back money, it looks like Brahmastra is taking down PVR & Inox investors with itself. With early reviews pouring cold water on #Brahmastra’s prospects, India’s largest theater chains PVR & Inox have cumulatively lost over ₹800 crore in market capitalization today.
In Indian mythology, #Brahmastra is known as a weapon of unstoppable destruction, which can only be stopped by its counterattack astra (weapon). Ironically, the movie could end up being a victim of the weapon it is named after.
The late #QueenElizabethII has visited India three times – in 1961, 1983 and 1997, each time accompanied by her husband and Duke of Edinburgh, the late Prince Philip. Her first visit came nearly 15 years after India's independence.
#KingCharlesIII takes over as the British monarch after the death of #QueenElizabethII, and that will lead to a demonetisation in the UK. New coins and currency notes will be minted and printed after the designs are approved.
The death of #QueenElizabethII has given the British monarchy its first King after over 70 years. The old coins and notes will be slowly phased out of circulation.
The old coins and notes featuring #QueenElizabeth II will continue to be legal tender for the time being.
The #iPhone14 is the base variant and comes with a few upgrades over its predecessor, including the A15 Bionic chipset, upgraded cameras and longer battery life.
Apple has announced the much-awaited #IPhone14 series, the company’s latest flagship offering. In addition to the iPhones, the company also announced Apple Watch SE, #AppleWatchSeries8, Apple Watch Ultra and the AirPods Pro gen 2.
Coming to the iPhone 14 series, the Cupertino giant has introduced four models – the base #iPhone14, iPhone 14 Plus, #iPhone14Pro and the top-end iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Apple has made significant changes to the iPhone 14 series.
Astronomers focused the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope on Tarantula Nebula, one of the brightest and most active star-forming regions in our galactic backyard, and found thousands of young stars they hadn't seen before, images released by NASA on Tuesday show.
The Tarantula Nebula, is an immense cloud of gas and dust about 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the #MilkyWay. The nebula has birthed some massive stars, a few that are more than 150 times the mass of our sun.