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In just two days, Elon Musk's fortune increases by more than 13 billion dollars

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Elon Musk has become the fourth richest man in the world after a huge increase in the value of shares in his car company, Tesla, reports The Guardian.

His fortune has increased more than 13.3 billion dollars in just two days, reports KOHA.

His fortune is currently more than $90 billion, surpassing France's richest man, luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault, chairman of Louis Vuitton.

Still ahead of Musk are Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft's Bill Gates, and Amazon owner Jeff Bezos, with the latter breaking away at the top with over 195 billion, according to data from Bloomberg.