Now Holding the Title of the Richest Man in the World, in Place of Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault Is CEO of the French Luxury Brand LVMH, Maker of Items Like Louis Vuitton and Hennessy Cognac
Last Monday, Elon Musk lost, for the fourth time in less than a week, the title of the richest man in the world to Frenchman Bernard Arnault, CEO of the French Luxury Brand LVMH, which manufactures luxury items like Louis Vuitton and Hennessy cognac. According to Forbes’ real-time billionaire list, Musk’s fortune is estimated at US$ 181.6 billion, less than Arnault’s fortune of US$ 186.2 billion.
On the 7th (Wednesday), Elon Musk had already lost (twice!) the top spot on the billionaire list to the wealthy Arnault, but he regained the position on the same day. Then on the 8th (Thursday), Ekon Musk was overtaken again and only returned to the top on Friday, the 9th.
The significant rise of billionaire Arnault’s fortune and his achievement of the top spot on the billionaire list over Musk is due to LVMH’s stock being virtually stable in 2022. In contrast, the extensive capital of Musk suffered from a “dramatic collapse” of Tesla stock prices, which decreased by 56% this year, considering that Musk’s wealth peaked in November 2021, when it was valued at US$ 320 billion; he still holds a significant title.
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Labor shortage reaches the truck drivers’ area: Brazil is already facing a deficit of 120,000 drivers, 65.1% of transport companies feel the impacts, and Mercedes-Benz strengthens training in the face of the new generation of technological trucks.
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An important sector in Brazil is suffering from a labor shortage, requiring the qualification of 14 million workers by 2027, leading companies to invest R$ 5 million to train professionals and address the technical deficit.
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With a record production of nearly 3 million barrels per day, Petrobras resumes importing diesel in July, highlighting the bottleneck in Brazilian refining.
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Micron invested $9.3 billion in a factory in Hiroshima to produce the memory that powers the brain of global artificial intelligence.
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Elon Musk’s Fortune
The still-billionaire Elon Musk has currently transferred approximately US$ 4 billion in Tesla shares to finance his US$ 44 billion purchase of Twitter, which involves issues like layoffs and advertisers on edge, cautious about the platform’s direction. Previously, the wealthy individual had already given up US$ 15.4 billion in Tesla shares in early 2022, when the Twitter acquisition deal was announced.
Still facing losses and uncertain movements, billionaire Elon Musk is well ahead of the third richest billionaire in the world, Indian Gautam Adani, who has an estimated fortune of US$ 134.1 billion, and the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, whose fortune is estimated at US$ 112.7 billion.

