Elon Musk Net Worth 2023 – Age, Wife, Nationality

What is Elon Musk net worth?

Elon Musk Net Worth:

In 2012, he has first listed Forbes magazine with a net worth of $2 billion, In 2020 his net worth was grown to $27 billion, and at the end of that year, it grew to $150 billion due to its 20% share in Tesla. It also dropped to $16.3 in September which was the largest plunge in history. In November he beat Mark Zuckerberg for the 3rd richest person in the world and after a week passed Bill gates for the second richest person in the world. In 2021, Musk finally beat the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, and became the richest man in the world with a net worth of $185 billion. September 2021, Forbes announced his net worth to be $200 billion, and in November 2021, he became the first person to have a net worth of $300 billion.

Early Life

Elon Musk’s mother was a Canadian and his father was a South African. He showed an early interest in childhood in technology, computers, and business ideas. When he was just 12 years old he managed to create an actual video game and successfully sold it to a computer magazine. Musk left South Africa in 1998, after successfully getting a Canadian Passport because he was reluctant to endorse apartheid through compulsory military duty and he also thought that there are better economic opportunities in the United States of America. He moved to Pennsylvania, where he received his Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Physics. 

Elon Musk Biography

Elon Musk was born on 28th June 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. He is a South African-born American entrepreneur who formed spaced, creator of spacecraft and launch vehicles, and also co-founded the electronic payment company ‘PayPal’. He is also the first substantial investor and the chief executive office of the famous manufacturer of electric cars called Tesla.

Elon Musk is currently 51 years old; he started his studies at the University of Queens’ in Ontario, Canada, but later transferred to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He is also a dropout of Stanford University. His father is Errol Musk and his mother is Maye Musk. He currently holds citizenship in America. In 1995, he moved to California to pursue his degree at Stanford University but decided to continue his business dream and started his career. 

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Career& Controversies

He started his career by co-founding the web software company called Zip2 with his brother named Kimbal. In 1999, the startup was obtained by Compaq for $307 million. In the same year, he also co-founded X.com, the online bank which later merged with Confinity in 2000 to develop Paypal. 2002, eBay then bought the company for $1.5 billion. 2002, he founded SpaceX, and then in 2004 became an early investor in Tesla Motors now Tesla Inc. In 2008, he eventually became the CEO. In 2016 he helped a solar company which was then later acquired by Tesla. 2015, he founded OpenAL, and in 2016, he founded Neuralinkand the Boring Company. 

In the current year 2022, he decided on America’s big Social media platform Twitter for $44 billion but later announced that he is canceling the deal and that’s why he’s currently entangled in the legal battle with the owners of Twitter. 

He also suggested the Hyperloop, a high-speed vactrain system of transportation. He is also the president of the Musk Foundation, it’s an organization that funds education and scientific research.

Elon Musk has been criticized in the past for making controversial statements and spreading misinformation regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2018, SEC sued him for the misinformation he presented saying that he securely funded a private takeover of the famous Tesla. He settled with the party but didn’t confess and currently stepped down from the chairmanship of his Tesla. He also won a defamation case in 2019 against the British caver. 

Car Collection:

The Tesla King owns multiple cars including a 1978 BMW 320i worth $1,400, a 1967 Jaguar E-Type worth $40,000, and 1997 McLaren F1 worth $815,000, a 2006 Hamann BMW M5 worth $103,500, a 2008 Tesla Roadster worth $98,950, a 2010 Audi Q7worth $48,000, a 1976 Lotus Esprit “Wet Nellie” worth $920,000, a 2012 Porsche 911 Turbo worth $154,710, a 1920 Ford Model T worth $850, a Tesla Model X worth $94,990, a Tesla Model 3 Performance worth $58,990, a 2019 Tesla Model S Performance worth $15,009, and a Tesla Cybertruck worth $69,900.

FAQs

What is Elon Musk net worth?

The current Net worth of Elon musk is around $240 Billion.

What is the Elon Musk favorite car?

One of Elon Musk favorite car is the 1997 McLaren F1.

What is Elon Musk real nationality?

Elon Musk is  South African, and currently, he is living in America.