This happened due to the fact that Tesla shares increased by almost 4%, increasing the condition of the mask by about $ 9.3 billion at once. The cost of shares of the manufacturer of electric vehicles has almost doubled since the Musk was first announced at the April television conferences dedicated to the financial results of the company, about its departure from the post of head of the US President Donald Trump, to pay More time Tesla.
The growth of the state of the mask also occurs thanks to the SpaceX missile -building company, which was founded in 2002. Now, it is estimated at $ 400 billion, and in December last year it cost $ 50 billion less. The mask owns about 42% of SpaceX shares worth $ 168 billion. In addition, there is the XII Holdings company, which Musk founded in March, uniting its new XII artificial intelligence company with the X social network (previously Twitter). The united company is estimated at $ 113 billion, the mask owns about 53% of the XII Holdings shares worth $ 60 billion.
According to the publication, reaching $ 500 billion is only the last of the Mask success series over the past five years. In March 2020, his fortune was estimated at $ 24.6 billion, and thanks to the rapid growth of Tesla shares in August 2020, he became the fifth person in history, whose fortune reached $ 100 billion.
In January 2021, he first became the richest person in the world, whose fortune was estimated at almost $ 190 billion. In September 2021, he became the third person in history whose fortune reached $ 200 billion (after Jeff Bezos from Amazon and Frenchman Bernard Arno from the conspicuous conclaim of Lyuke Lvmh class). In November 2021, the condition of the mask reached $ 300 billion, and in December 2024 he became the first person in history with a fortune of $ 400 billion.
Forbes predicts that if Musk continues in the same spirit, then until March 2033 it can be the first trillionaire in history.
