💰 Elon Musk crosses $500 billion: 20 years of a dizzying rise

October 6, 2025.

Elon Musk has just reached a new high in the history of global wealth. According to Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires ranking, the Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly Twitter) boss briefly crossed the symbolic $500.1 billion mark, before falling back to $499.1 billion a few hours later.

He thus becomes the first human being in modern history to exceed 500 billion dollars in personal fortune.

🚀 Two decades of extraordinary rise

In twenty years, Elon Musk's net worth has grown as dramatically as his SpaceX rockets.

⚡ The summit of individual capitalism

Musk's wealth explosion is explained by the spectacular rise in the share price of Tesla, now valued at more than $2 trillion, and by the record financing rounds of SpaceX, whose Starlink satellite constellation has become profitable on a global scale.

According to Forbes, more than 90 billion of his wealth is linked to his stakes in Tesla, SpaceX and X Holdings.

🏆 A ranking dominated by American tech

Behind Musk, the Forbes ranking shows:

• Larry Ellison (Oracle) – 350.7 billion $
• Mark Zuckerberg (Meta) – 245.8 billion $
• Jeff Bezos (Amazon) – 240.3 billion $
• Bernard Arnault (LVMH) – 232.1 billion $

The dominance of tech giant founders underscores the concentration of economic power around companies in artificial intelligence, robotics, and clean energy.

🔭 A volatile but emblematic fortune

While the 500 billion mark remains symbolic, it illustrates the power of an economic model where innovation and stock market speculation are intertwined.

Musk's fortune could fluctuate by tens of billions depending on the Nasdaq's performance or the success of SpaceX's upcoming launches.

But one thing is certain:

Elon Musk is no longer just an entrepreneur — he has become a global economic phenomenon.

📊 In summary

• 💸 500.1 billion $ reached on October 6, 2025
• 🚀 First person to cross this historic threshold
• 🏗️ 20 years of expansion driven by Tesla, SpaceX and X
• 🌍 Musk alone weighs more than the GDP of Switzerland