Elon Musk is a Canadian-American businessman, entrepreneur, and investor with a $204 billion net worth who was born in South Africa.
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Elon Musk is the richest person in the planet. When Elon temporarily surpassed John D. Rockefeller to become the richest person in modern history in November 2019, his net worth crossed the $340 billion mark.
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Elon Musk's 412 million shares, or 13% of Tesla's equity, account for the great majority of his personal worth.
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In addition, he has 304 million exercisable Tesla options. When combined, that represents about 21 percent of the business.
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Elon sold $40 billion worth of Tesla shares in 2022 to pay for his acquisition of Twitter.
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He also put 58% of his Tesla shares as collateral against $3.5 billion in personal loans.
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In addition, Elon is the chairman of SolarCity and a co-founder of SpaceX and the Boring Company.
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In its most recent valuation round, SpaceX was valued at $180 billion. According to reports from its most recent valuation round, the Boring Company is valued at $5 billion.