Elon Musk just jumped ahead of the richest person in the world...himself.
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00:00The phrase, the rich get richer, doesn't come close to describing Elon Musk's one-day haul
00:07on Thursday. Already the world's richest man, the Tesla CEO, adding a whopping $26 billion.
00:15After the company's stock surged to new highs on Thursday, up 22% at the close,
00:20Tesla's second biggest gain since it IPO-ed in 2010. According to Forbes,
00:26Musk is now worth $269 billion. Meanwhile, a new report from Wall Street Journal claims Musk
00:33has been in, quote, regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since 2022.
00:40With Putin allegedly making requests about Musk's Starlink satellite internet service,
00:46Elon also took to X to announce two more $1 million winners of his pro-Trump America
00:53PAC sweepstakes, despite a warning from the Justice Department that he may be breaking
00:59federal election law.