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Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He is of British and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] His mother, Maye ( née Haldeman ), is a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan , Canada, and raised in South Africa.
Musk has defended his wealth by saying he is accumulating resources for humanity's outward expansion to space. [12] At the start of 2020, Elon Musk had a net worth of $27 billion. [13] By the end of the year his net worth had increased by $150 billion, mostly driven by his ownership of around 20% of Tesla stock. [14]
Elon Musk. Net worth: $263.5 billion Age: 51 Source of income: PayPal Tesla, SpaceX Love him or hate him, you can't deny that Elon Musk is a phenomenal businessman. The South African-born American ...
But the tech mogul's wealth comes from a number of sources and it isn't stable. Musk is currently the world's richest person and other billionaires are close on his heels, too: Jeff Bezos is $43 ...
As of April 2024, there are 2,781 billionaires worldwide, with a combined wealth of over US$14.2 trillion, up from US$12.2 trillion in 2023. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] According to a 2024 Oxfam report, the world's top 1% of earners own more combined wealth "than 95% of humanity", and also stated that the world's top 1% of earners also owned 43% of all global ...
Elon Musk. Daily wealth gain: $20.9 billion. Net worth: $285.6 billion. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, saw his wealth surge by $20.9 billion on Wednesday, further solidifying his spot as the highest ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Wikimedia-List The following Forbes list of South African billionaires is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2023. 2023 South African billionaires list World Rank Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Source of wealth 2 Elon Musk ...
Elon Musk is the world’s richest person partly due to his companies’ impressive innovations. But his wealth is also due to government contracts and programs that affected his two main ...