Original title: Musk's wealth increased by nearly 140 billion US dollars this year, second only to Amazon.Com Inc, the richest man in the world.CEO Bezos

Source: TechWeb

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Tesla, Inc.A late rally in shares on Friday boosted Elon Musk's net worth by nearly $9 billion to $167.3 billion. It also indicates that Musk has increased his wealth by $139.7 billion in the 12 months of this year.

Musk is now second only to Amazon.Com Inc founder Bezos, who is still the richest man in the world with a net worth of $187.3 billion. According to previous reports, Tesla, Inc. will be officially included in the S & P 500 index next Monday. On December 8, Tesla, Inc. 's market capitalization exceeded 600 billion, surpassing Volkswagen, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, General Motors, Ford, Honda and Fiat Chrysler.And Peugeot, the nine largest car companies in the world.

According to the data, Musk is a South African-born entrepreneur who also has South African, American and Canadian nationality and is famous for his co-founder of SpaceX, Tesla, Inc. Automobile and PayPal Holdings Inc. Musk served as CEO and chief designer of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc. Automobile, and chairman of SolarCity. He is also one of the co-designers of the Tesla Roadster, Hyundai's first viable electric car.