马斯克成世界第三富豪

Elon Musk passed Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg Monday to become the third-richest person in the world, closely following Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

8月31日，特斯拉首席执行官马斯克的身价超过了脸书联合创始人扎克伯格，紧跟在微软创始人盖茨和亚马逊首席执行官贝索斯之后，成为世界排名第三的富豪。

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the Tesla CEO now has a total fortune of $115.4 billion compared with $110.8 billion for Zuckerberg.

彭博亿万富翁指数显示，马斯克目前的身家已达1154亿美元，而扎克伯格的身家为1108亿美元。

Musk, 49, has seen a meteoric rise in his wealth, with his net worth growing by $87.8 billion this year as Tesla shares surged almost 500%.

今年随着特斯拉股价飙升近500%，现年49岁的马斯克财富急速增长，其净资产增加了878亿美元。

Also helpful: an audacious pay package - the largest corporate pay deal ever struck between a chief executive officer and a board of directors - that could yield him more than $50 billion if all goals are met.

此外，大胆的薪酬方案亦有帮助——马斯克签下了一份有史以来首席执行官和董事会之间达成的最大的公司薪酬协议——如果所有目标都能实现，他将获得超过500亿美元的薪酬。