Founder of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX Elon Musk took second place in the list of the richest people in the world, ahead of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. This was reported by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Over the past 12 months, Mask’s fortune has grown by about $ 100 billion, according to Bloomberg estimates. According to the agency, none of the 500 richest people in the world on the list have increased their capital so quickly during this period. In January, Musk ranked 35th in the Bloomberg rankings.
The main reason for the increase in Mask’s wealth was the growth of Tesla’s capitalization. In January this year, it was less than $ 100 billion, and is now estimated at about $ 500 billion.
Tesla was founded by Mask in 2003. Initially, the company specialized in the production of electric vehicles, but later also began to create energy-saving systems.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to turn the Tesla plant near Berlin into the world’s largest factory for the production of batteries for electric vehicles. The businessman stated this on Tuesday, November 24, speaking via video link at the European Conference of Battery Manufacturers. The plant near Berlin will be one of a kind as […]
Shares of US electric car manufacturer Tesla continue to rise sharply amid news of the company’s future accession to the S&P index. On Tuesday, November 24, the market value of Elon Musk’s company crossed the $ 500 billion mark for the first time. Tesla shares are said to have risen nearly 550 percent this year, […]
Tesla Inc. paid its chairman and founder, Elon Musk, $ 3 million in compensation for D&O insurance to defend, settle disputes, or make court decisions. This was reported by Insurance Business. This insurance covers the expenses of the members of the board of directors, which are not included in the general expenses of the top […]
Tesla Inc. of Elon Musk will export Model 3 electric cars made in China to Europe. This was reported by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency with reference to the company’s statement. The first batch of 7,000 cars will be shipped from the port of Shanghai on October 27. They are expected to reach the Belgian port […]
Shares of Tesla rose by 2.73% to $ 425.30 on Wednesday amid overall stock index growth, however, this growth was lower than the growth of shares of competitors such as Ford, General Motors and Chinese automaker NIO, which rose by 3.58%, 4% and 4.3% respectively. Tesla’s current share price of $ 77.19 is below the […]
At the Tesla Battery Day event, its founder Elon Musk announced the plans to build a budget electric car for $ 25,000 using a much cheaper battery. If the plans will be realized, the new car will be the most budgetable in the Tesla line. Nowadays the company’s cheapest model – sedan Model 3 – […]
The American company SpaceX will launch the first Starship spacecraft into Earth orbit, most likely in 2021. It said its founder Elon Musk, speaking at a video conference on the problem of human flight to Mars, according to TASS on Tuesday, September 1. Mask was asked when the first test flight of Starship into orbit […]
Khmelnytskyi regional territorial office of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has fined the privately-operated enterprise “Prometey consulting firm” in the name of the branch “Slavutskyi Butter Plant”, “Ryhalsky factory of the desiccated milk ” LLC, “Bimol” LLC, “Biscuit-Milk” LLC for 36.828 thousand UAH for anticompetitive concerted actions in the milk procurement market for industrial processing. The Regional territorial office found […]
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The state enterprise SETAM sold the most expensive lot of seized property on the electronic platform OpenMarket – the building of the hotel of the Military-St. Nicholas Monastery in Kyiv. The SETAM press service reported this. It is noted that the final price of the lot is 307.3 million hryvnias, which is 65 million hryvnias […]
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The LetterOne Holding (L1), one of whose shareholder is the billionaire Mikhail Fridman (who was born in Lviv, and who is one of the shareholders of Alfa-Bank Ukraine), invested $ 200 million in Uber taxi service. This is stated in the message of LetterOne. “I am very pleased with our strategic partnership with Uber. As […]
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Ukrainian media notified again about the arrest of accounts of the shopping center Gulliver. The repeat arrest . It was publicized en masse, invoking the statement by the press service of the prosecutor’s office of Kyiv. According to the media, in a statement of the Metropolitan Prosecutor’s it is talking about the fact that “in […]
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Ukrainian company Blynk, which develops software for creating its own IoT-applications, announced a contract with a major manufacturer of Electronics – SparkFun. In collaboration was created the product SparkFun Blynk Board. Blynk also entered the start package of the SparkFun IoT Starter Kit with Blynk. The fact that the startup conducts negotiations with a major […]
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Agricultural company Mriya paid 192.4 million UAH of tax deductions and provided assistance to local communities of 22 million UAH. Since the affiliation under the control of creditors in February 2015, “Mriya” Agro Holding paid 192.4 million UAH of tax payments to budgets of all levels. In addition, last year the company provided social assistance […]
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Vegetable fats have been repeatedly found in butter produced in the SE “Starokonstantinovsky dairy factory”. This is confirmed by the state of research in 2012-2014. The Antimonopoly Committee has fined SE “Starokonstantinovsky Dairy Plant”, which belongs to the largest Ukrainian manufacturers, the Ukrproduct Group company. The fine amounts to 790.3 thousand UAH. This was reported […]
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) provides a revolving credit facility for $ 20 million for working capital of the “Ukrainian Agrarian Investments” company, that has more than 70 farms in northern and western Ukraine. This loan replaces the previous funding of $ 13 million, which was granted to “Ukrainian Agrarian Investments” in 2014. […]
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The Supreme economic court of Ukraine made the statement on the official site, concerning initiation of Garant-Auto insurance company bankruptcy proceedings on September 21, 2016 . On October, 17, the Economic court of the Kyiv city began insolvency proceeding in this case. Insolvency proceeding is open based on the statement of the creditor: MTIBU (Motor […]
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Shares of BlackBerry jumped sharply on auction on December 1 after the news of a partnership with Amazon Web Service. Together they will develop and sell a service for connected cars – IVY platform. Stock quotes at the beginning of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rose by 35%. The company’s first plans […]
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The world has heard enough discussions which concern the resonance Donald Trump’s win in the USA elections. Everyone has the right to express their position. America has done their choice. Now, when the post-electorial ethereal has gone, it is the high time to speak constructively. Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders of American Constitution, declared: […]
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Apple has been forced to postpone the release of some MacBook laptops and iPads due to a shortage of components. This was reported by Nikkei Asia with reference to informed sources. According to them, the problems with the production of MacBook are due to the global shortage of chips. Automakers have been suffering from a […]
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Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrak denied his deputy Anna Yurchenko’s statement about toll roads in Ukraine. The day before, she said that six such roads are planned to be built in Ukraine and called the estimated cost of travel on them. “I will explain why this information is not true, and what is really happening,” Kubrak […]
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On the shores of the Black Sea, Radisson Hotel City Centre Odesa opens as Radisson Hotel Group’s 7th hotel in Ukraine in operation and under development. With an excellent location on the famous Derybasivska Street, Radisson Hotel City Centre Odesa unlocks the cosmopolitan city of Odesa, full of architectural styles, international cuisines and beautiful Black […]
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Automotive sports car maker Aston Martin has introduced a new Aston Martin supercar Valkyrie Spider. “Aston Martin Valkyrie is a product of incredible innovation and technology, but above all, it’s about emotions. At Valkyrie Spider, we take that passion and emotion to the next level. The driving experience promises to be truly sensational,” said CEO […]
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Ukrainian large taxpayers transferred UAH 362.3 billion in tax payments to the state budget in January-November 2020. According to the press service of the Office of Large Taxpayers of the State Tax Service, this is 11% more than in the same period last year. The share of tax payments from large businesses served by the […]
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