Bezos' net worth stands at $200 billion, according to the tracker, surpassingthe Tesla chief's $198 billion.
Musk, who also heads X (formerly Twitter) and SpaceX, has seen his richesfall by more than $30 billion as Tesla's share price has dropped 25 percentin recent months.
Adding to Musk's woes, a court in January approved the annulment of hisenormous Tesla compensation agreement, worth $55.8 billion and originallystruck in 2018, reports BSS.
Bezos, who no longer runs Amazon, has meanwhile benefited from the ecommercegiant's rising stock price.
Even after recently selling off $8.5 billion in stocks he remains thecompany's largest shareholder.
The French CEO of the luxury group LVMH, Bernard Arnault, remains in thirdplace in the rankings of the world's richest people, worth $197 billion.