1 January 2021, 8:32 pm EST By 1st Day of 2021: Elon Musk is Now Only $20 B Less Than Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index! 2020 Brought Elon Musk an Additional $142 B! ( Screenshot From Venture City YouTube ) Jeff Bezos, the richest man on earth, seems to be getting slowly reached by the second richest man on earth. As of the beginning of 2021, Elon Musk has just reached $170 billion! This means that the gap between the two billionaires is now only $20 billion! Elon Musk's Real-Time Net Worth January 2021 The last report on Elon Musk's wealth was an article by BBC stating the billionaire was worth $128 billion on November 24, 2020. As of the moment, Elon Musk is now worth $170 billion which meant his wealth has soared by $42 billion in only a little over a month! As of January 1st, just about 38 days from the last report, Elon Musk has started closing in on Jeff Bezos.