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Elon Musk’s $100bn gain makes him world’s second-richest person

Credit Tesla stock, which shot up 6% on Monday and is up more than 500% year to date

Elon Musk has added more than $100bn to his net worth this year, and has passed Bill Gates as the world’s second-richest person.

That’s according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which on 23 November ranked the Tesla chief executive — with a $127.9bn fortune — above Gates — at $127.7bn — for the first time.

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