<div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4">"Tesla CEO Elon Musk beat out Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to become the second-richest person in the world on Tuesday.</font><p class="endmarkEnabled"><font size="4">Shares
 in the electric car maker surged after the Trump administration said 
Monday it had started the transition process to President-elect Joe 
Biden — <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/what-biden-means-auto-industry-dirty-jobs-clean-air-n1247727" target="_blank">a clean energy advocate. </a></font></p><p class="endmarkEnabled"><font size="4">Musk’s
 net worth has grown by an estimated $100 billion since the start of the
 year, propelling him ahead of Gates for a few hours before settling 
into a tie, with both fortunes listed at $128 billion, according to the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/">Bloomberg Billionaires Index.</a></font></p><p class="endmarkEnabled"><font size="4">Musk's
 massive personal fortune comes mostly from owning 20 percent of Tesla 
and 54 percent of his space transportation company SpaceX.</font></p><p class="endmarkEnabled"><font size="4">Earlier this year, the 49-year-old tech pioneer <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1256239554148724737">announced</a>
 that he was going to sell almost all of his “physical possessions” and 
“own no house,” saying he no longer wanted to be attacked for being a 
billionaire."</font></p>

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