Billionaire Elon Musk has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, as the world’s richest man transforms life on-planet by shifting the way people move around, and off-planet by planning a city on Mars. “The richest man in the world does not own a house and has recently been selling off his fortune. He tosses satellites into orbit and harnesses the sun; he drives a car he created that uses no gas and barely needs a driver,” the magazine said of Musk. “With a flick of his finger, the stock market soars or swoons. An army of devotees hangs on his every utterance. He dreams of Mars as he bestrides Earth, square-jawed and indomitable.” Musk, 50, became the world’s richest man, overtaking Amazon’s Jeff Bezos earlier in the year, with a current net worth of $254 billion, by riding on his almost 17 percent share in the …
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