Elon Musk’s net worth hits $788 billion in record-setting surge
Musk is closing in on the $800 billion mark as his net worth sets a new record.
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Tesla is no longer world’s biggest EV maker
Tesla ceded the crown of the world’s biggest EV maker to Chinese rival BYD for the first time.
The Top 10 Richest People in The World (January 2026)
The gap between the planet’s two wealthiest people has never been larger heading into the New Year.
Elon Musk just became the first person ever worth $600 billion
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Tesla approves Musk’s potential trillion-dollar payday
Tesla shareholders approved a compensation package Thursday for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth close to $1 trillion, a deal proposed by Tesla’s board as crucial to keeping the world’s richest man at the company, though the payment plan was challenged in recent weeks by some of the automaker’s largest shareholders.
Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay plan: The case for magical thinking
Big funds, advisory firms and the Pope oppose the exorbitant plan. Approval means shareholders think the polarizing, distracted CEO can top past successes with an AI-powered strategy.
Elon Musk just became the first person ever worth $500 billion
Musk is now half-way to becoming the first ever trillionaire.
Tesla’s full-self driving software is a mess. Should it be legal?
Elon Musk hypes the AI-enabled system, and getting more people to buy it is key to his new pay package. But in a recent test, it ignored some street signs and squashed a mannequin child.
Elon Musk threatened to quit Tesla before $1 trillion compensation deal
To receive the maximum compensation, Musk would be required to boost Tesla’s market cap from $1 trillion today to $8.5 trillion in the next 10 years.
Trump will host tech billionaires Bill Gates, Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg at rose garden event tonight
Elon Musk is not on the guest list released by the White House.