The world's richest people experienced a sharply divided day on the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires list on Tuesday, with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg adding billions, while several other members of the top eight saw their fortunes fall by billions of dollars.
As of Forbes' latest update on 12th August, Musk remains the world's richest person, with a net worth of $826.2 billion, after gaining $2.6 billion, or 0.32%, in a single session. Zuckerberg, meanwhile, added $2.4 billion, or 1.17%, lifting his fortune to $205.7 billion.