Elon Musk has retaken his title of world's richest person from Larry Ellison — but it's very close

Larry Ellison and Elon Musk are trading the title of the richest person on the planet. Ellison took the crown on Wednesday as Oracle stock surged, but Musk reclaimed it by the end of the day. Oracle shares have roughly doubled this year thanks to AI buzz, while Tesla shares have receded. Elon Musk is the world's richest person again — but only just. He and Larry Ellison are vying for the title after Oracle's remarkable stock surge. The enterprise-software giant's cofounder briefly leapfrogged the ...