Jeff Bezos overtakes Elon Musk as world’s richest person, as Tesla stock slides

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Tesla Inc.’s stock sank again on Monday, costing Elon Musk his title as world’s richest person. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos replaced the Tesla chief executive atop Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index on Monday for the first time since late 2021. It was the first time Musk had lost the top spot in nine months, when LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault briefly surpassed him. According to Bloomberg’s index, Bezos’s total net worth as of Monday was $200 billion, topping Musk’s $198 billion and Arnault’s $197 billion. Musk’s fortune has declined by $31 billion year to date, according to Bloomberg, while Bezos’s has risen by $23.4 billion. Bezos reclaimed the top spot despite selling about 50 million Amazon shares, worth roughly $8 billion, last month. He still holds about a 9% stake in the tech giant. Amazon shares AMZN, -0.36% are up about 17% year to date. Tesla shares slid more than 7% on Monday after the EV maker introduced new price cuts and discounts in the U.S. and China. Much of Musk’s fortune is in Tesla stock TSLA, -7.16% , which has fallen about 24% year to date; in January, a Delaware judge voided Musk’s $56 billion compensation package.