The assets of Tesla, SpaceX, X and XAI boss Elon Musk (54) continued. On Wednesday evening it was briefly at $ 500 billion on Wednesday evening, as reported, among other things, “Forbes”. This makes the former Trump consultant the first person to broke this financial stamp in economic history. According to the “Real-Time Billionaires List” by “Forbes”, the richest man in the planet reached this half trillion at 9:30 p.m. on October 1st on October 1st.
Larry Ellison was cut back in second place
The distance to the following billionaires on the “Forbes” list is greater. In September, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison (81), the current number two of the super-rich list, had made headlines when he briefly overtook Musk and chase away the unofficial title as the “richest person in the world”.
Now Ellison is $ 150 billion behind Musk. Musk is halfway to the first trillionaire of previous human and money history.
Tesla share ensures financial increase
Musk owes his most recent increase in wealth, especially the carmaker Tesla he led. The share of the electric car company climbed by almost four percent on Wednesday, which made the group’s assets and major shareholders’ assets grow by an estimated $ 9.3 billion.
Since Musk announced in April to withdraw from his role as head of the “Department of Government Efficiency” under US President Donald Trump (79) in order to concentrate more on Tesla again, the share price has almost doubled. Musk’s twelve percent share in the company is currently worth $ 191 billion.
