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How Elon Musk really got so rich
Elon Musk has a net worth of $168.2 billion, and is the second richest person in the world. Find out how he got to that point.
Elon Musk’s lifestyle is unconventional, to say the least. The Tesla CEO claims he works 120 hours per week (more than 17 hours per day, all seven days of the week). He’s also previously stated that he will “own no home,” choosing instead to sell almost all his physical possessions and live a nomadic lifestyle.
Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are worth a combined $511 billion after jointly adding $185 billion to their fortunes this year.
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Is Elon Musk's Pay Package Really $1 Trillion? And What Could It Mean for Tesla's Stock?
Using Tesla's current shares outstanding (3.5 billion) and the market cap target suggests a share price of about $2,400. That's nearly 6 times the current share price, which is extremely ambitious. (Note that 424 million shares multiplied by $2,400 gets you to over $1 trillion.)
Test your knowledge of these three and some other equally as big names. See if you can guess how rich they are. Amazon began as a small startup run out of Jeff Bezos' Seattle garage in 1994 and has grown into an e-commerce giant worth over $1.5 trillion.
Investors eyeing SpaceX's potential blockbuster IPO may need to brace themselves as CEO Elon Musk balances his risky quest to reach Mars with growing the revenue-rich Starlink satellite broadband business that would offer more reliable shareholder returns.
Tesla froze director pay in 2021 after a lawsuit, but earlier option grants kept compounding, turning board service into a $3 billion windfall
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He is so rich that it wasn't so long ago he overtook Elon Musk as the richest person on Earth. But while Musk's name is now known all over the world and he was even part of Donald Trump's White House, you may never have heard of the man known as "the wolf in cashmere".
Investors eyeing SpaceX’s potential blockbuster IPO may need to brace themselves as CEO Elon Musk balances his risky quest to reach Mars with growing the revenue-rich Starlink satellite broadband business that would offer more reliable shareholder returns.