マスク氏、「世界一の大富豪」から一時転落

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】米経済誌フォーブスの「世界長者番付」で７日、米電気自動車（ＥＶ）大手テスラのイーロン・マスク最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）が首位の座を仏高級ブランド大手ＬＶＭＨのベルナール・アルノーＣＥＯに一時明け渡した。（写真はマスク氏〈左〉とアルノー氏）
　金利上昇と景気後退懸念の高まりを受けて米ハイテク株が下落。マスク氏の資産は主にテスラ株に連動しており、目減りした。１０月にツイッターを買収したことも響いたとみられる。
　しかし、日本時間８日午前２時半ごろにはマスク氏は首位に返り咲いた。純資産はマスク氏が１８４９億ドル（約２５兆３３００億円）、アルノー氏とその家族が１８４７億ドル（約２５兆３０００億円）。
　３位はインドの実業家ゴータム・アダニ氏で１３４８億ドル（約１８兆４６００億円）、４位は米ネット通販大手アマゾン・ドットコムの創業者ジェフ・ベゾス氏で１１１３億ドル（約１５兆２４００億円）となっている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/12/08-12:53）

Tesla owner Elon Musk briefly lost the top spot on Forbes' billionaire list Wednesday to Bernard Arnault, whose family owns the world's leading luxury group, LVMH.
With US tech stocks sliding as interest rates and recession fears rise, Musk's fortune briefly fell below that of the Arnault family.
But around 1730 GMT Musk was back on top at $184.9 billion, followed by Arnault and his family at $184.7 billion.
Indian businessman Gautam Adani was in third place at $134.8 billion, with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos fourth at $111.3 billion.
Arnault had also topped the Forbes list for several hours in 2021.
His LVMH group, with includes dozens of brands including Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, and Kenzo, has continued to post strong revenue and profit growth despite the latest global economic headwinds.
Musk's fortune is primarily tied to the share price of Tesla, and the entrepreneur has been at the centre of controversy after having taken over Twitter in late October.
The other major wealth ranking compiled by financial data provider Bloomberg also has Musk and Arnault running nearly neck-and-neck.
According to Bloomberg's ranking, calculated after US markets closed on Tuesday, had Musk in the lead at $178.9 billion, followed by Arnault at $165.1 billion.