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- Elon Musk's net worth is back above the $250 billion mark, with Tesla shares surging 136% year-to-date.
- The entrepreneur owns about 13% of all Tesla stock and so his personal wealth is directly tied to the value of the firm.
- It's a game of swings and roundabouts, though – last year he was the first person in history to lose about $200 billion dollars.
Elon Musk is one quarter of the way to becoming a trillionaire – for this week, at least.
The world's richest man just got even richer, thanks to some favorable market movements. The Tesla and SpaceX chief's net worth now stands at $255 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, racing ahead of LVMH owner Bernard Arnault as investors continue to pile cash into Tesla.