The billionaire will also become a member of Twitter's board of directors.
Founder of SpaceX and Tesla billionaire Elon Musk for the first time became the richest man in the world according to Forbes. Prior to that, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos topped the list for four years.
Forbes reports that Mask's fortune is estimated at $ 219 billion, $ 48 billion more than Bezos. Over the past year, the fortunes of the founder of Tesla and SpaceX have grown by $ 68 billion. The founder of Amazon is now in second place.
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In addition, it became known that Musk will join the board of directors of Twitter. This was stated by the CEO of Parag Agraval.
“I am pleased to announce that we are appointing Ilona Mask to our board of directors! From conversations with Ilon in recent weeks, it has become clear that he will be of great benefit to our government, “Agraval wrote.
I 'm excited to share that we're appointing @elonmusk to our board! Through conversations with Elon in recent years, it has become clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board.
– Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 5, 2022
< Musk recently became the owner of 9.2% of Twitter shares. A statement published on the website of the US Securities and Exchange Commission said that Mask's term as a member of the board expires in 2024 with the possibility of extension.
It will be recalled that Musk has supported Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's large-scale invasion of our country. in many cities of our country can get uninterrupted access to the Internet.
