NEW YORK: It’s just one more arresting data point amid a flurry of superlatives, but Elon Musk’s soaring net worth now makes him more valuable than Exxon Mobil Corp. The wealth of the world’s richest person jumped to US$288.6bil (RM1.19 trillion), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The US$36.2bil (RM150.27bil) gain followed a surge in Tesla Inc’s stock price after Hertz Global Holdings Inc ordered 100,000 cars. Despite being overtaken by Musk at the start of 2021, Exxon has been on a tear since then. — Bloomberg
