Elon Musk now richer than Mark Zuckerberg after Tesla stock surges 475 PERCENT this year

ELON Musk is now richer than Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

, who founded and , surpassed on Monday as Tesla stock surged more than 475 percent.

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, Musk was worth $111.3billion just after 11am on Monday.

Zuckerberg, by comparison, was worth $110.5billion.

As noted by Bloomberg, Musk's net worth has quickly grown by $76.1billion this year as Tesla shares continue to soar.

Days ago, .

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That amount of money is still around half of boss net worth – said to be worth $200billion.

Musk's 40.4 million Tesla shares are said to account for $87billion worth of his fortune.

and Zuckerberg are also worth over $100billion.

Zuckerberg reached the milestone earlier this year.

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