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Fortune
Chris Morris

Bernard Arnault poised to oust Elon Musk as world's richest person

(Credit: Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images)

Elon Musk’s $44 billion bet on Twitter might be costing him the title of world’s richest man.

In real-time rankings from Forbes, Musk slipped into second place briefly early Wednesday, following his big cash outlay for the social media company and the subsequent drop in Tesla’s stock price. Whether Musk stood in first or second place was often changing moment by moment.

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