While Tesla's founder Elon Musk is in the first place with $235.8 billion, India's Mukesh Ambani has been spotted at the 10th rank in the list with $90 billion.
The unanticipated move from the world's richest man has put Twitter in turmoil and the company has vowed that it would sue Musk to keep the deal on the table.
The growth of social media and the surge in access to the internet had played a vital role in turning the business tycoons' zeal towards establishing or acquiring a media house.
The worth of the 49-year-old South African-born US business magnate is $186bn at 10.15 am in New York on Wednesday and with the new surge, Musk is $1.5bn richer than Bezos.
Musk put out the name on Twitter, in which he has 33.7 million followers and he later shared a picture of the newborn body with the unpronounceable name.
