Having just announced his achievement of implanting a chip into the human brain, Elon Musk immediately regained his position as the richest person in the world

The neurotechnology startup of the world’s richest billionaire achieved initial success.The first patient was implanted with a brain chip from startup company Neuralink last Sunday and is showing good signs of recovery, founder and richest billionaire Elon Musk announced in a post on social network X earlier this week. This.

To overcome strict regulations on implants, last year, Neuralink received a license from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for human testing. This is an important step towards the goal of helping patients overcome motor paralysis and a variety of other neurological symptoms.

According to Neuralink, the implant’s “ultra-thin” fibers will help transmit signals better in the nervous system.

This medical achievement is of great significance in expanding the ability to treat diseases related to the nervous system as well as control organs in the human brain.

Elon Musk’s announcement, although unrelated, seems to have indirectly helped this billionaire regain his throne on the billionaire rankings within just a week.

In the middle of last week, Tesla stock price plummeted due to negative reports on production and consumption of electric vehicles, causing Elon Musk to lose more than 18 billion USD in net worth. The usurper is the “owner” of the LVMH luxury goods empire – Bernard Arnault temporarily became the richest person in the world with a fortune of 207.8 billion USD, according to Forbes’ real-time billionaires list on January 26. .

By January 29, Tesla shares recovered on the stock market, bringing Elon Musk back to the top position. Forbes data show that, on the last day of January 2024, he had 210.6 billion USD in hand, compared to 208.7 billion USD for the second Bernard Arnault (and family).