Recent gains in SpaceX and Tesla shares have pushed Elon Musk's net worth back beyond the trillion-dollar mark. By certain measures, that makes him the richest person in American history.
Gains in SpaceX and Tesla shares have lifted Elon Musk's net worth back past the trillion-dollar mark.
His wealth has earned him the title of the world's first and only trillionaire. Measured relative to economic output, he also surpasses industrialists like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.
The comparison tracks each fortune against U.S. GDP at the time. It also puts Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie and John Jacob Astor alongside Musk, whose fortune is wealthier than his next three contemporaries combined.
Source: MarketWatch (snippet-based)
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