Although 2020 was a tough year for a lot of people, it was certainly a profitable one for Elon Musk - he saw his personal net worth rise by more than $140 billion, bringing him to roughly $185 billion in total and making him the world's richest person. The increase in his personal fortune was largely driven by the meteoric rise of the stock price of Tesla, the electric car company he founded. Though some business analysts have claimed the stock is overpriced and due to drop, others point to a bright future for electric vehicles as a whole and think the stock could keep rising. Regardless, Musk seems to have taken his new status in stride - when it was announced that Tesla's stock price had technically made him the richest person in the world, Musk Tweeted: "How strange", and soon followed that up with another Tweet: "Well, back to work ..."
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