--- title: "Elon Musk Is Officially the Richest Person on Earth Again" description: "SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is yet again the world's richest person according to Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $201.7 billion." date: "2021-09-28" modified: "2021-09-28" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-richest-person-again" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "billionaire" - "elon musk" - "jeff bezos" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Is Officially the Richest Person on Earth Again ![SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is yet again the world's richest person according to Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $201.7 billion.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Richest Again SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is yet again the world's richest person, according to [Forbes' real-time billionaires list](), with an estimated net worth of a staggering $201.7 billion. Amazon founder — and [billionaire space competitor]() — Jeff Bezos slid down to second place, with an estimated net worth of $193.6 billion. Musk made significant gains in large part thanks to Tesla shares soaring. This year alone, the electric car company's shares rose some 720 percent, [according to *Forbes*](). All told, Musk and Bezos control an astronomical amounts of wealth. Even though most of it isn't sitting in a physical bank ready to be spent, their personal riches give them unprecedented amounts of power and influence — nearly a half trillion dollars combined. ## Rank Smell Musk isn't the first to cross the $200 billion threshold. Both Bezos and Louis Vuitton SE CEO Bernard Arnault had already done so in August 2020 and last month respectively. In January of this year, Musk briefly [took the richest person spot]() on Bloomberg's Billionaire Index before falling behind again. Adding to the rivalry, SpaceX and Bezos' Blue Origin have [been trading blows](), with Bezos suing NASA over its decision to chose SpaceX for its lunar lander development contract. Amazon has also [filed legal actions against SpaceX](), arguing that the Musk-led company is breaking Federal Communications Commission rules. It's a battle of the billionaires, and we're bound to see the rankings shuffling more as time goes on. **READ MORE:** [Elon Musk Eclipses $200 Billion To Become Richest Person In The World Again]() \[*Forbes*\] **More on Musk:** *[Elon Musk Compliments Crypto-Trading Hamster]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()