Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk has now scripted history by overtaking Jeff Bezos (who has held the top spot since October 2017) to become the world’s richest person. His net worth has reportedly soared by more than 195 billion USD, as tracked by the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.
#ElonMusk is now the #richest_person in the world, passing #JeffBezos pic.twitter.com/FOeKReXi88
— BBC Plx (@BBCPlx) January 8, 2021
Here’s Elon’s simple, zen-like response to the news on Twitter:
How strange
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021
Well, back to work …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021
The milestone sparked a lot of funny reactions and memes on Twitter:
#ElonMusk is now the reachest person on earth 🤩
Elon Musk be like 😂 pic.twitter.com/JcEIYIdurr
— 𝓓𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓟𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓵 (@_Dptweets7) January 7, 2021
Richest man in the world #ElonMusk 😍 pic.twitter.com/rtvNRh5cqK
— Ali (@malifazil) January 8, 2021
#𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸
𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸 is now the richest person in the world.
𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝘇𝗼𝘀 after hearing this news: pic.twitter.com/rSnPrHPIIH— Prasad Remje (@munna_30_) January 7, 2021
Salty Jeff Bezos vs Feline Musk#ElonMusk @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/gWmIMLXu9D
— Neuralcom (@neuralcom) January 8, 2021
Jeff Bezos on hearing he was no longer the richest man in the world@elonmusk $TSLA pic.twitter.com/CdwwTkmr4N
— GuruLeaks (@Guruleaks1) January 8, 2021
*After Elon musk becomes the Richest man*
People trolling Jeff Bezos.
Amazon employees: pic.twitter.com/wjMKgjiSQU— Memeistic404 (@VyomPratapSing3) January 8, 2021
#eventneve #ElonMusk #richestElon @elonmusk
Everyone to Elon Musk right now: pic.twitter.com/ErAztChdAD— Eventneve (@Eventneve1) January 8, 2021
No one.
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Elon musk to rest of the world. pic.twitter.com/NQKKIbytCm— Sajal Singh (@snoopy__004) January 8, 2021
#ElonMusk becomes the richest person of world
Meanwhile Aliens from mars:- pic.twitter.com/2wSfPhTaki— Kritika (@chal_chal_away) January 8, 2021
Only business man who can over take #ElonMusk now pic.twitter.com/bK5QHMuUjE
— 🆎 (@Woh_ladka) January 7, 2021
With Elon Musk being an outspoken entrepreneur and meme aficionado himself, it is no surprise that these jokes are running wild on the internet. What do you think?