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Elon Musk has officially achieved an extraordinary financial milestone by becoming the very first individual in history to amass a personal net worth of five hundred billion dollars. This unprecedented achievement underscores the immense scale of his fortune, which is largely intertwined with the market performance of Tesla, the pioneering electric vehicle company he leads. Since the beginning of the year, Tesla’s stock has recorded a gain of approximately thirteen percent, a rise significant enough to contribute powerfully to Musk’s wealth accumulation.
Just a month earlier, Larry Ellison—the chairman of Oracle—briefly displaced Musk as the wealthiest man in the world. Nevertheless, Musk swiftly regained the top position, and in spectacular fashion, has now elevated his fortune into a realm once considered purely theoretical: the halfway point toward one trillion dollars.
According to the billionaire index maintained by Forbes, at roughly 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Musk’s fortune crossed the half-trillion threshold, cementing him as the sole human being ever to reach such a benchmark. Although his wealth dipped slightly to an estimated $499.1 billion by early Thursday morning, by mid-morning the figure had risen yet again, climbing to roughly $502.9 billion. This fluctuation highlights the volatility of individual fortunes that are heavily reliant on publicly traded equities.
A substantial portion of Musk’s net worth is directly connected to his holdings in Tesla. When the company’s share price advanced by around four percent on Wednesday, Forbes estimated that this alone boosted his wealth by approximately $9.3 billion. By the following day, Tesla further reported quarterly deliveries that outperformed even optimistic projections. Nearly half a million vehicles were delivered in the third quarter, as American consumers hurried to secure the advantage of a $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles before its expiration at the end of September. This surge in deliveries inevitably influenced investor confidence and created upward pressure on the stock price.
Tesla’s stock initially rose during Thursday’s premarket session in response to the strong delivery figures. However, as is common with heightened investor speculation, the shares later retracted, trading about one percent lower by 10:25 a.m. in New York. This nuanced performance reflects both the opportunities and the challenges inherent in the electric vehicle sector. Indeed, despite enduring an increasingly competitive and strained EV marketplace, combined with controversies surrounding Musk’s outspoken political statements, Tesla has managed to secure a gain of roughly thirteen percent in its share value since January.
The rivalry for the title of the world’s richest person continues to draw attention. In early September, Ellison momentarily seized that distinction from Musk. Yet by Thursday, Forbes’ tracking suggested that Musk was once again well ahead, his fortune surpassing Ellison’s by an astonishing $149 billion.
Looking toward the future, Tesla has recently proposed a compensation package for Musk that, if granted and achieved through the fulfillment of a set of extraordinarily ambitious performance goals, could elevate him to becoming the first trillionaire in recorded history. Beyond Tesla, Musk’s wealth is diversified across his private ventures, including SpaceX—already regarded as among the most valuable startups globally—as well as his artificial intelligence enterprise xAI, both of which lend further dimensions to his expanding financial empire and ensure that his economic influence extends far beyond a single company.
In summary, Musk’s attainment of the half-trillion-dollar milestone represents not only a personal achievement of unprecedented magnitude but also a dramatic marker of how rapidly the convergence of innovation, stock market investor confidence, and consumer adoption of new technologies can redefine the very boundaries of wealth in the modern era.
Sourse: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-worlds-first-500-billion-man-2025-10
