Elon Musk poised to make history as world's first trillionaire

Author: Erin Hale, John PowerPublished on: June 12, 2026Country: United States

Business & EconomyTechnology

Elon Musk poised to make history as world's first trillionaire

Elon Musk is set to become the world's first trillionaire after SpaceX's IPO on the Nasdaq, with a valuation of $1.77 trillion. His 42% stake in the rocket-and-AI company is worth between $743 billion and $866.5 billion, on top of his current $696 billion fortune. Musk will far surpass Google co-founder Larry Page, the second-richest man with $304 billion. According to Oxfam, spending $1 million daily would take 2,740 years to exhaust $1 trillion.

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