Elon Musk is on the verge of becoming the first ever trillionaire, but he wasn't always at the top of our annual #ForbesBillionaires list.⁣ ⁣ It wasn’t long ago that Musk overtook Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to rank No. 1 on our global billionaires list for the first time ever, in 2022, with an estimated $219 billion fortune. ⁣ ⁣ Musk’s reign didn’t last long back then: he dropped to No. 2 behind LVMH’s Bernard Arnault on both our 2023 and 2024 rankings. ⁣ ⁣ Even last year, when Musk reclaimed the top spot with an estimated $342 billion fortune, he was still only $126 billion richer than his runner-up at the time, Mark Zuckerberg. ⁣ ⁣ Now, Musk is truly in a league of his own and the prospect of him ever being overtaken again as the world’s richest person seems increasingly less likely. ⁣ ⁣ Read more about the world’s richest person at the link in our bio.