Elon Musk is operating to revolutionize transportation each on Earth, via electric powered vehicle maker Tesla — and in space, through rocket manufacturer SpaceX.
He owns 21% of Tesla however has pledged greater than 1/2 of his stake as collateral for loans; Forbes has discounted his stake to take the loans into account.
He stepped down as chairman in 2018, after making alleged “fake statements” approximately a plan to take Tesla private, triggering an SEC probe.
SpaceX, Musk’s rocket organization, is now valued at $seventy four billion after its brand new investment spherical in February 2021.
He grew up in South Africa, then immigrated to Canada at age 17. He landed withinside the U.S. as a switch pupil to the University of Pennsylvania.
ON FORBES LISTS
2
Billionaires 2021
7
Forbes four hundred 2020
1
Innovative Leaders 2019
25
Powerful People 2018
12
Richest In Tech 2017
Global Game Changers 2016
STATS
AGE50
SOURCE OF WEALTHTesla, SpaceX, Self Made
SELF-MADE SCORE8
PHILANTHROPY SCORE1
RESIDENCEAustin, Texas
CITIZENSHIPUnited States
MARITAL STATUSIn Relationship
CHILDREN6
EDUCATIONBachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania
DID YOU KNOW
Musk turned into normal to a graduate software at Stanford, however deferred attendance to release his first business, software program organization Zip2.As a child Musk taught himself to code; he bought his first game, Blastar, for approximately $500.
NET WORTH OVER TIME
$11.6B
Forbes four hundred
October 2016
I perform at the physics method to analysis. You boil matters right all the way down to the primary standards or essential truths in a selected region and you then definately cause up from there.
Elon Musk
MORE ON FORBES
2 mins ago
Forget After Labor Day—I Can’t Wear White Ever Again
Like many others who had been domestic sure withinside the spring and summer time season of 2020, I sought out a laugh sweat units that could be at ease to languish across the residence in, and likely carry my spirits with their active shades and patterns.
ByKristen PhilipkoskiContributor
17 hours ago
Crypto Isn’t ‘The Second Coming’—Tesla’s Elon Musk Issues Serious Bitcoin Warning After China Crashed The Price
Tesla leader govt Elon Musk has warned he would not assume crypto is “the second one coming of the Messiah,” including it’s “feasible for governments to sluggish down [bitcoin and crypto’s] advancement”…
ByBilly BambroughSenior Contributor
Sep 28, 2021
Elon Musk, Now World’s Richest Person, Told Forbes He’s Sending Jeff Bezos A Silver Medal
The Tesla leader takes any other shot at his Amazon rival.
ByKenrick CaiForbes Staff
Sep 27, 2021
Elon Musk Eclipses $two hundred Billion To Become Richest Person In The World Again
He’s the 1/3 man or woman to ever be really well worth that much, following Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault.
ByKenrick CaiForbes Staff
Sep 24, 2021
Elon Musk And Grimes ‘Still Love Each Other’ After Breakup
The couple proportion a son, X Æ A-Xii Musk.
ByCarlie PorterfieldForbes Staff
Sep 23, 2021
‘Super Important’—Billionaire Elon Musk Made A Radical Dogecoin Proposal Amid A Huge Bitcoin And Crypto Price Bounce Back
Elon Musk, the dogecoin-boosting Telsa billionaire, has once more weighed in at the meme-primarily based totally cryptocurrency, suggesting dogecoin expenses want to fall earlier than it is able to end up a possible charge option…
ByBilly BambroughSenior Contributor
Sep 15, 2021
‘$500,000 In Five Years’—Elon Musk And Tesla Devotee Cathie Wood Reveals Huge Bitcoin And Ethereum Price Predictions
Cathie Wood, the leader govt of Ark Invest who is made a call for herself with large bets on bitcoin and Elon Musk’s electric powered vehicle organization Tesla, has expected the bitcoin rate will hit $500,000 in only a few years…
ByBilly BambroughSenior Contributor
Sep 13, 2021
Will Solving Climate Change Make Elon Musk The World’s First Trillionaire?
The subsequent numerous many years may be a golden age for making improvements to billions of lives via modern weather solutions—and reaping trillions in wealth withinside the process.
ByChunka MuiFormer Contributor
Sep 13, 2021
CryptoCodex: Elon Musk Suddenly Sends The Price Of One Dogecoin Rival Sharply Higher And Bitcoin And Crypto ‘Bank Run’ Fears In South Korea
The following is an excerpt from the every day CryptoCodex electronic mail newsletter. Sign up now free of charge here…
ByBilly BambroughSenior Contributor
Sep 2, 2021
Elon Musk ‘Likes The Social Policies’ In Texas, According To Governor, Amid Abortion Furor
The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO is increasing operations in Texas, moved there in 2020 and speaks “frequently” to its conservative governor.
