Elon Musk becomes a 500 billion dollar man

1. Record-Breaking Wealth

• Elon Musk is the first billionaire to reach a net worth of $500.1 billion (Forbes, Oct 2025) .
• He is the now the richest person in the world, ahead of the second-richest, Larry Ellison , by approximately 150 billion.
• He had already reached the 400 billion threshold in December 2024.

2. Key Growth Engineers.

• The main sources of his wealth are his three companies:

• Tesla (Electric Vehicles & AI)
• SpaceX (Space Exploration)
• xAI (Artificial Intelligence)

3. Breakdown by Company

• Tesla:
  • Musk owns a 12.4% stake .
  • Stock increased 14% in 2025 and a 4% increase in a single day enriched him with an additional 9.3 billion dollars.
  • When he resigned a government position in order to re-focus on Tesla, investor confidence increased.
  • He himself invested $1 billion in Tesla shares indicating that he believed in its transition to AI and robotics .
  • Its board suggested a compensation package that would make him a trillionaire in March 2033 , the first trillionaire in the world .
• SpaceX:
  • It is estimated to be worth about 400 billion (as of July 2025).
• xAI:
  • It was originally estimated to be worth 75 billion (July 2025), and could be 200 billion.

4. Significance

• The wealth of Musk highlights his superiority in disruptive industries: electric cars, space, and artificial intelligence.
• His path places him in a position to possibly become the first trillionaire in the world by 2033, this is because of the great market confidence in his companies.