Elon Musk runs Twitter, Tesla and has world's highest net worth

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Elon Musk runs Twitter, Tesla and more, and his net worth makes him the richest man in the world

are Maye and Errol, who divorced in 1979. In the 1990s, he founded his first startup, Zip2, with his brother, Kimbal, and began a decades-long career in tech.

stands at $239 billion, putting him on top. His estimated fortune peaked at around $340 billion in November 2021 as Tesla shares soared.Elon Musk started buying shares in Twitter in January 2022 and initiated an acquisition in April. for $44 billion in October 2022, he had actually spent months trying to back out of the agreement. At the start of July, he sent a letter to Twitter purporting to terminate the acquisition. Twitter promptly sued him.

The company nearly failed. After three unsuccessful launches between 2006 and 2008, funding was running out. Then, on September 28, 2008, SpaceX became the first private company to achieve a successful orbital launch. That same year, SpaceX received a $1.5 billion NASA contract. SpaceX launches now happen on a fairly regular basis. The company publishes aschedule on its website.

 

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