Billionaire Elon Musk is on the verge of becoming the world’s first trillionaire.
Forbes reports that his net worth briefly reached $500 billion following a rebound in Tesla shares.
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Trailing him are Oracle’s Larry Ellison at $350.7 billion and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg at $245.8 billion.
Musk, born in South Africa, made his first fortune selling a software company to Compaq.
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He later co-founded PayPal, founded SpaceX in 2002, and became chairman of Tesla in 2004, building his fortune through innovative ventures in technology and space exploration.
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