Elon Musk, the wealthiest person on Earth, got significantly richer on Monday after Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) debuted its robotaxi services in Austin, Texas.
Tesla shares jumped 8.23% or £19.48 ($26.52) to close at £256 ($348.68) apiece yesterday, adding £62.42 billion ($85 billion) to its market cap in a single day. Musk, who owns 12.7% or 410.79 million of Tesla's outstanding shares plus an additional 9% equity stake pending legal challenges, witnessed his net worth increase by £10.94 billion ($14.9 billion) overnight to reach £311.31 billion ($423.9 billion), according to the Forbes Real Time Billionaires list.
