Billionaires
Three-Way Race for World’s Richest Emerges With Musk Buoyed by Pay Vote
- Musk, Bezos, Arnault have shifted ranks six times since May 29
- Arnault’s wealth has been hit by snap election call in France
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault.
Photographers: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images
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The world’s three richest billionaires are in a fierce race for first place.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault have occupied the top three spots on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for 94% of the year. But fluctuations in their wealth have led the trio to swap places six times since May 29 — a frenetic pace for a hierarchy that had largely held steady since Musk lost his top ranking in early March.