Larry Ellison briefly surpassed Elon Musk to become the world’s richest person after a jump in Oracle shares added a record amount to his fortune.

Ellison’s wealth soared $US89 billion ($135 billion) after Oracle reported quarterly results that surpassed analysts’ expectations and said there’s more growth to come.

The increase lifted his total net worth to $US383.2 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index . It’s the biggest one-day increase ever recorded, and put him ahead of Musk for much of the day before the Tesla CEO edged back into pole position by $US1 billion.

Musk became the world’s richest person for the first time in 2021 before losing the title to Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos and LVMH’s Bernard Arnault. He reclaimed it last year and had held it for just over 300 da

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