Finances "Forbes": Musk has a fortune of 749 billion dollars
According to calculations by Forbes magazine, Tesla boss Elon Musk has a net worth of around 749 billion dollars following a court ruling in the USA. This is according to the magazine's list of billionaires published online, which Musk currently tops.
21.12.2025, 01:04
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Musk recently prevailed in a years-long legal dispute over a huge block of shares from 2018. The approximately 304 million shares are worth just over 146 billion dollars at the current price. The Supreme Court in the US state of Delaware overturned the decision of a judge who had overturned the remuneration package following a shareholder lawsuit. The judges ruled that the annulment of the entire package was too harsh a measure.
In 2018, Musk had been granted the right to acquire the shares in twelve stages if the company met ambitious targets over a period of up to ten years. Tesla cracked the targets much faster. The package was worth more than 50 billion dollars at the time.
Just cracked the 600 billion mark
According to Forbes, Musk's fortune had only just reached an estimated 600 billion dollars at the beginning of the week. According to the magazine, the decisive factor was the sale of shares in Musk's aerospace company SpaceX by some employees and investors. Musk's fortune consists mainly of shares in electric car manufacturer Tesla and SpaceX. Google co-founder Larry Page is currently in second place on the billionaire list with a fortune of around 253 billion dollars.
