# Elon Musk adds nearly $25 billion to his net worth in just one day

URL: https://technosports.co.in/elon-musk-adds-nearly-25-billion-to-his-net-worth-in-just-one-day/  
Published: 2021-03-10  
Updated: 2021-03-10  
Author: Raunak Saha

The tech billionaire has set a new milestone to his inspiring career, adding nearly $25 billion in just one day, yes it’s true!! The Tesla CEO and founder of SpaceX did had an amazing 2020, with the Tesla stocks getting as high as possible and making him the richest person on Earth as well.

> According to the Bloomberg billionaire index, Musk's net worth swelled to $174 billion on March 9 from $149 billion a day ago. [#ElonMusk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElonMusk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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> — Business Insider India🇮🇳 (@BiIndia) [March 10, 2021](https://twitter.com/BiIndia/status/1369586619318071300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

So, this comes no surprise that Musk has added $25 billion on March 9, taking his net worth to a whopping $175 billion.

> The US stock market index Nasdaq — where [#Tesla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tesla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is listed— surged 3.7 percent. Leading to massive gains in big tech companies such as [#Apple](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Apple?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [#Amazon](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Amazon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [#Facebook](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Facebook?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).[#ElonMusk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElonMusk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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> — Business Insider India🇮🇳 (@BiIndia) [March 10, 2021](https://twitter.com/BiIndia/status/1369586923572895747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The cause of this hike is again his EV company Tesla whose stock gained 19.6% to make it $ 673.58 which again helped other big tech giants like Apple, Amazon and even Facebook.

> But the title was short-lived, and Musk lost it to Bezos again. [#Tesla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tesla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) founder's fortune plummeted more than 28 percent to $149 billion in just two months — and a major fall came in the last 5 sessions. [#ElonMusk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElonMusk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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> — Business Insider India🇮🇳 (@BiIndia) [March 10, 2021](https://twitter.com/BiIndia/status/1369587362200621062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

As we know, the tussle between Musk and Bezos to be the richest person in the world keeps going on. Although he did end up de-throning Jeff Bezos in January after that Tesla’s founder did end up losing, however, added as much as $25 billion to his net worth recently.