Elon Musk takes his place from Bill Gates: He is already the second richest man in the world

The increase in the value of the shares of the high-end electric car firm Tesla , caused its CEO Elon Musk to become the second richest man in the world, supplanting the co-founder of Microsoft , Bill Gates .
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index , the 6.58% rise in Tesla's shares brought Musk's fortune to $ 127.9 billion.