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Musk loses crown as the world\u2019s richest person to Larry Ellison and then snatches it back<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court Painter with portrait<\/em><\/strong> of Elon Musk<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/richest-billionaires-musk-ellison-oracle-tesla-bloomberg-forbes-e90a3cab2a0b256923ca55814893f9fe?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court Painter with portrait of Larry Ellison<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The battle among billionaires for bragging rights as the world\u2019s richest person got heated Wednesday with the surprising surge of an old contender: Larry Ellison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a stunning few minutes after markets opened, stock in Ellison\u2019s Oracle Corp. rocketed more than a third, enough for him to temporarily wrest the title from its longtime holder Elon Musk and hand it to the software giant\u2019s co-founder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the stock market is fickle, and Musk was back on top by the end of the day, at least according to Bloomberg, as Oracle gave up a bit of its earlier gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those keeping score, the difference now is a billion, which isn\u2019t much given the size of the figures: Musk\u2019s $384.2 billion versus $383.2 billion for Ellison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dueling fortunes are so big each could fund the lifestyles of 5 million typical American families for a year, about the entire population of Florida, allowing them to all quit their jobs. Or they could just tell all of South Africa to take a vacation for year and produce nothing, based on its gross domestic product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then there is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n