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Musk overtook Jeff Bezos on Thursday morning. He's now worth $188.5 billion, versus Bezos' $187 billion.
The change came as Tesla's stock continued to soar. The company is now worth almost as much as Facebook.
Informed of the news by a Twitter user, Musk simply said: "How strange," followed by, "Well, back to work..."
Shakeel Hashim ( @shakeelhashim) is a growth manager at Protocol, based in London. He was previously an analyst at Finimize covering business and economics, and a digital journalist at News UK. His writing has appeared in The Economist and its book, Uncommon Knowledge.
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