Elon Musk becomes first person to surpass $400B net worth, according to Bloomberg
Elon Musk's estimated net worth has now surpassed $400 billion, according to an estimate from Bloomberg News — making him the first person ever to reach such a milestone.
Elon Musk's estimated net worth has now surpassed $400 billion, according to an estimate from Bloomberg News — making him the first person ever to reach such a milestone.
While the value of shares in Musk's Tesla electric car company and robotics group have soared in recent months, it is his privately held stake in SpaceX, the rocket company he helped found, that has catapulted his wealth beyond the latest threshold.
This week, Bloomberg reported that a private sale of SpaceX shares increased the market cap of the firm to about $350 billion, making it the most valuable private startup in the world. Musk is said to own 42% of the firm.
As Tesla shares hit a new high Wednesday, Musk's wealth leaped to $440 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Musk's position as the world's wealthiest person has experienced some volatility in recent years amid turbulence in Tesla's share price, but he has most recently held the No. 1 slot since May. A separate billionaire index tracked by Forbes pegs Musk's net worth at about $369 billion, with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos at No. 2 and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison at No. 3.
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