Most of the time when people say something like "Bezos doesn't actually have $100 billion, it's all tied up in stocks and if he sold a bunch they would drop in value" it's bullshit because that stock represents significantly important means of production. But for Musk, that's basically true. His "net worth" is a whole load of hype and not much else. He was never really the richest man in the world and never will be.
Most of the time when people say something like "Bezos doesn't actually have $100 billion, it's all tied up in stocks and if he sold a bunch they would drop in value" it's bullshit because that stock represents significantly important means of production. But for Musk, that's basically true. His "net worth" is a whole load of hype and not much else. He was never really the richest man in the world and never will be.
Bezos is horrible and egotistical, but he’s trying to pitch Amazon as not needing him anymore, so that he could retire.
Musk has stated Tesla is him.
*Dangles a $20 bill in front of Jeff Bezos* "All your money is tied up in assets---I bet you've never even seen one of these! Haha."