Elon Musk is the richest man in the world – by far.
NEW: Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, is now the first person to have a net worth surpassing $400 billion. https://t.co/khqYMis8Xw pic.twitter.com/wmQEAEBVR1
— Forbes (@Forbes) December 11, 2024
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is the richest by far.
Elon Musk was already the richest person on the planet. Now, thanks to Tesla, xAI, and SpaceX’s surging valuations, he’s worth more than $400 billion, according to Bloomberg News’s calculations.
Specifically, he’s worth $439.2 billion.
For reference, the next richest men alive are Amazon (AMZN) founder and Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos, Meta (META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Oracle (ORCL) Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. They’re worth, respectively, $244 billion, $219 billion, and $197 billion. Musk is also at least as wealthy as Mansa Musa, the emperor of the West African Mali Empire and previous record holder of richest man to ever live, who historians estimate was worth around $400 billion, according to the BBC.
Elon’s mother shared this overnight of what it was like in his early days.
This photo was taken in our rent-controlled apartment in Toronto, with my mom‘s painting on the wall. The suit cost $99 which included a free shirt, tie and socks. A great bargain! He wore this suit every day to his bank job in Toronto. I couldn’t afford a second suit. We were… https://t.co/jh2SHOXwpe
— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) December 12, 2024