India, April 2 -- Elon Musk continues to be the world's richest person with an estimated net worth of $342 billion, despite his time being divided heading the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Elon Musk has even added $147 billion to his fortune over the last year, thanks to a blockbuster year for SpaceX as well as xAI, according to a Forbes report.

Even his EV company Tesla, despite the recent protests and a stock market selloff, is still trading higher compared to a year ago.

As a result, Musk ended up reclaiming the world's richest person title from LVMH's Bernard Arnault last year, and has even created a $126 billion lead over the next richest person, who is Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, with an estimated net worth of $216 b...