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Stats

Age49

Source of WealthTesla, SpaceX, Self Made

ResidenceLos Angeles, California

CitizenshipUnited States

Marital StatusIn Relationship

Children7

EducationBachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania

Musk was accepted to a graduate program at Stanford, but deferred attendance to launch his first business, software company Zip2.

As a kid Musk taught himself to code; he sold his first game, Blastar, for about $500.

$13.3B

Forbes 400 September 2015

$10.7B

Billionaires March 2016

$11.6B

Forbes 400 October 2016

$13.9B

Billionaires March 2017

$20.8B

Forbes 400 October 2017

$19.9B

Billionaires March 2018

$19.6B

Forbes 400 October 2018

$22.3B

Billionaires March 2019

$19.9B

Forbes 400 October 2019

$24.6B

Billionaires April 2020

I operate on the physics approach to analysis. You boil things down to the first principles or fundamental truths in a particular area and then you reason up from there.

3 hours ago

The unconventional serial entrepreneur joins the centibillionaire club, alongside Mark Zuckerberg, Bernard Arnault, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.

4 hours ago

With unprecedented wealth and visionary dreams, tech titans like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are laying the tracks for humanitys most ambitious expansion in the modern era. How can Space Force devise a strategy to leverage that audacity and private capital for better capability and lower cost?

Aug 28, 2020

Neurons are like wiring, Elon Musk says. And you kinda need an electronic thing to solve an electronic problem.

Aug 28, 2020

Elon Musk's Neuralink allegedly has a brain chip that could allow people to hear better, a group of researchers says that cochlear implants can help those with hearing loss hear better right now.

Aug 27, 2020

The 49-year-old serial entrepreneur is set to become the fifth centibillionaire in the world.

Aug 27, 2020

The former intern, who spent three summers at Elon Musks SpaceX rocket maker, is seeking a trial by jury in pursuit of damages.

Aug 22, 2020

Stocks behind the fortunes of the world's richest people are still hitting all-time highs despite malaise around the broader economy.

Aug 18, 2020

Its the companys largest fundraising round yet.

Aug 17, 2020

Musk overtook Warren Buffett on Monday as shares of the electric carmaker jumped more than 11% in one day.

Aug 15, 2020

It's about to become even harder to hack a Tesla vehicle thanks to this long overdue security upgrade.

Aug 14, 2020

The Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, have told Barstool Sports founder-turned rambunctious day trader Dave Portnoy bitcoin is a safer bet than gold due to Elon Musk's "plans" to mine the precious metal from asteroids...

Aug 10, 2020

Musk has scored bragging rights in the battle of billionaires in space after his SpaceX rockets beat competition from Bezoss Blue Origin to launch National Security payloads for the U.S. Air Force.

Jul 29, 2020

For many years, automobiles was the most boring category to cover from a marketing/advertising perspective.

Jul 27, 2020

Recently, the high-profile entrepreneur and prolific Twitter user noted how he is not worried about his direct messages getting hacked.

Jul 25, 2020

Might be time to log off.

Jul 20, 2020

Musk ranked outside of the top 30 on Forbes' Billionaires List as recently as mid-March, with a net worth less than $25 billion.

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