Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has earned $117 billion this year, more than the net worth of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. 

In 2023, the South-African-born billionaire twice hit the $200 billion benchmark, regaining his spot as the world’s richest person. 

The skyrocketing of Tesla shares by more than 160% this year, Elon Musk, also the world’s richest person alive, has earned a wealth of $117 billion to date. 

Meanwhile, Zuckerberg, with a net worth of $113 billion, added $67.3 billion to his wealth this year. 

Zuckerberg and Elon have been in the news lately for more reasons than one. The billionaires have been in the news after Elon jokingly proposed MMA cage match and Musk accepting the invitation to square up with him inside the octagon. 

But more recently, the social media landscape turned rancour after Elon Musk threatened to sue Meta’s new Twitter competitor- Threads. Talking about the deepening rivalry, Musk took to twitter and said: “Competition is fine, cheating is not.