Rank #1
Elon Musk
Net worth $838.5B
Tesla, SpaceX · United States
- Born
- Jun 28, 1971
- Age
- 54
- Source
- Tesla, SpaceX
- Residence
- Austin, Texas
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 14
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania
Net worth over time
Biography
- Elon Musk cofounded seven companies, including electric car maker Tesla, rocket producer SpaceX and artificial intelligence startup xAI.
- He owns about 12% of Tesla, which he first backed in 2004, and which he's led as CEO since 2008. He also owns options to acquire another 8%.
- Musk led a group that bought Twitter for $44 billion in 2022. He merged it with xAI in 2025 in deal that valued the combined company at $113 billion (net of debt).
- SpaceX, founded in 2002, acquired xAI in February 2026 in a deal that valued the combined company at $1.25 trillion. Musk owns a nearly 40% stake.
- Musk also founded tunneling startup The Boring Company and brain implant outfit Neuralink. The two startups have raised around $2 billion from private investors combined.
- Musk, who says he's worried about population collapse, has fathered at least 14 children with four women, including triplets and two sets of twins.
- As a kid in South Africa, Musk taught himself to code; he sold his first game, Blastar, for about $500.
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