Asked to name the smartest person he’s ever met, Elon Musk had a quick response: “Larry Ellison is very smart. I would say he is one of the smartest.”

Now, Ellison is also the richest person Musk has ever met, after he briefly surpassed him this week to top the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

On Wednesday, the Oracle software honcho’s net worth jumped by $101 billion — the biggest one-day increase ever recorded on the index — to $382 billion, pushing him past the Tesla boss. 12

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By the end of the day’s trading, Musk had clawed things back in his favor — but only by a mere billion.

Still, sources say becoming the world’s richest man checked a major box for Ellison.

“He’s been waiting for this moment for almost 50 years,” said an insider, referring to the lack of acclaim outsi

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