Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, has surpassed the net worth of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

"Elon Musk has become the world's richest person, as his cyberspace worth crossed $185bn (£136bn)," the BBC reported on Thursday.

The futuristic businessman gained staggering wealth last year. "Musk started 2020 worth nigh $27 billion, and was barely in the top 50 richest people," CNBC noted on Thursday, adding:

"Tesla's rocketing share price — which has increased more than than ninefold over the past twelvemonth — forth with his generous pay packet take added more than than $150 billion to his net worth."

After the COVID-19 crash in March, Tesla found its stock priced near $70, based on TradingView.com data. By 2021, TSLA stock shares found their mode up past $800 apiece, which also takes into account an Aug. 2020 share divide.

Musk is also no stranger to the crypto industry, although he has not come frontwards every bit a major proponent of the asset class. "Bitcoin is almost as bs as fiat coin," the Tesla CEO said in a December 2020 Twitter post.

Musk owns merely 0.25 Bitcoin (BTC), every bit of his well-nigh recently publicized comment on his holdings, noted in May 2020. He has besides commented on Dogecoin (DOGE) at various points in the past, in a probable comedic mode.

Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy'southward Bitcoin bull, recently offered to assist the tech visionary in picking upwards some BTC for Tesla.