Elon Musk briefly lost his title as the world's richest person to Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle and an ally of US President Donald Trump.
Ellison's wealth surged to $393bn (Β£290bn) on Wednesday morning, surpassing Musk's $385bn (Β£284bn), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The jump came after shares in Oracle, which make up a significant part of Ellison's fortune, soared more than 40%, boosted by the database software company's surprisingly rosy outlook for its cloud infrastructure business and artificial intelligence (AI) deals.
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