Elon Reeve Musk popularly known as Elon Musk, is a South African-born American entrepreneur, born June 28, 1971, best known for leading Tesla, SpaceX and X- the everything app.
He has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025, and became the first and only USD trillionaire as of June 2026. Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$1.1 trillion.
Which is as a result of SpaceX going public and trading on the Nasdaq (one of the biggest US stock exchanges) at $150 per share, giving the company a nearly $2 trillion market cap. Forbes estimates that the IPO has boosted Musk’s fortune to $1.1 trillion, as of Friday morning June 12, 2026.
