Elon Musk's fortune jumped by $65 billion on Monday to $1.04 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the value of his stakes in SpaceX and Tesla Inc. As of late July, Musk's $600 billion-plus wealth decline from its peak exceeded the net worth of anyone who had ever been on Bloomberg's list of the world's 500 richest people, other than Musk himself. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- Elon Musk's fortune jumped by $65 billion on Monday to $1.04 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the value of his stakes in SpaceX and Tesla Inc. rose.S1
- As of late July, Musk's $600 billion-plus wealth decline from its peak exceeded the net worth of anyone who had ever been on Bloomberg's list of the world's 500 richest people, other than Musk himself.S2
- Elon Musk is once again a trillionaire, a title he initially held in June after SpaceX's blockbuster IPO.S3