FILE – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk walks to the stage to speak at the Butler Farm Show, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
NEW YORK—Catapulted by the market debut of his rocket company SpaceX, Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire.
That level of wealth, all owned by just one person, was once unfathomable. Before Friday, the trillion-dollar mark was reserved for measures like the gross domestic product (GDP) or staggering debt of a handful of major economies—and, in the last decade alone, the value of some of the biggest companies to ever trade on the stock market.
According to Forbes, Musk’s net worth actually hit $1.1 trillion on Friday, after SpaceX soared in its market debut. Here are some ways to think about how far one trillion dollars could go.
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