Founder, co-owner, CEO and chief engineer [5] of SpaceX; CEO [6] and Chief Product Architect of Tesla; also served on the board of directors of SolarCity, founded by his cousins, prior to its merger with Tesla.
On May 9, 2018, he was awarded membership of the Royal Society of London [7] [8] for his outstanding service to science.
On the morning of January 7, 2021, Elon Musk became the richest man on the planet, displacing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in second place. Musk's fortune is estimated at $ 185 billion [9].
The 5% rise in Tesla shares, associated with the introduction of the company into the S&P 500 [10], raised the estimate of Musk's fortune above $ 185 billion [11]. In the Bloomberg real-time rating of billionaires, Musk is ahead of Bezos by $ 10 billion with a total result of $ 195 billion [12], and in the Forbes list - by $ 0.6 billion with a total result of $ 185 billion [13].
Founder, co-owner, CEO and chief engineer [5] of SpaceX; CEO [6] and Chief Product Architect of Tesla; also served on the board of directors of SolarCity, founded by his cousins, prior to its merger with Tesla.
On May 9, 2018, he was awarded membership of the Royal Society of London [7] [8] for his outstanding service to science.
On the morning of January 7, 2021, Elon Musk became the richest man on the planet, displacing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in second place. Musk's fortune is estimated at $ 185 billion [9].
The 5% rise in Tesla shares, associated with the introduction of the company into the S&P 500 [10], raised the estimate of Musk's fortune above $ 185 billion [11]. In the Bloomberg real-time rating of billionaires, Musk is ahead of Bezos by $ 10 billion with a total result of $ 195 billion [12], and in the Forbes list - by $ 0.6 billion with a total result of $ 185 billion [13].