The data always generates intrigue and arouses the interest of many: who is the richest person in the worldespecially in a context where markets are uncertain and the technology industry is booming.
Each year, the lists published by Forbesthe magazine specialized in business and finance USA, They capture the attention of millions.
According to the billionaire ranking published by Forbes, Elon Musk He is the richest person in the world.
This position reflects his business innovation, diversification in investments and his presence in different industries.
Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, according to Forbes. Photo: Reuters.Despite the variation in the value of companies in Elon Muskthe tycoon continues to occupy first place as the richest person in the world, surpassing technological leaders such as Mark Zuckerberg y Jeff Bezos.
What is Elon Musk’s fortune?
Forbes estimates that the fortuna of Elon Musk is USD 359.5 billion. The businessman continues to have first place in the world despite the sharp drop of more than 25% in the value of shares of Tesla in February of this year, even though it represented a loss of USD 62 billion.
According to him Bloomberg Billionaires Indexthe heritage of Elon Musk In 2025 it reached USD 385,000 million, although it recognizes its recent decline.
What companies does Elon Musk have?
Elon Musk He is the founder and investor of different companies:
- SpaceX: was founded in 2002 and is dedicated to space transportation manufacturing and services. Additionally, the company developed a satellite Internet service called Starlink. Elon Musk is the owner of 42% of SpaceX.
- Tesla: Musk It owns almost 13% of the company specialized in electric cars and renewable energy solutions. It is a company with a global presence and its market value is approximately USD 859,000 million.
- X (ex Twitter): Musk acquired Twitter in 2022 for the sum of USD 44 billion and gave it its new name, X. He is the main shareholder of the application and now X is part of X Corp.
Elon Musk has almost 13% of Tesla. Photo: Bloomberg- OURLPLAL: is a neurotechnology company founded by the magnate in 2016. The focus of its research is on the integration of artificial intelligence in the human brain through implants. In addition, it already has approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct human trials.
- Xai: It is the most recent creation of the businessman, whose purpose is to develop general artificial intelligence and products such as the Grok chatbot.
- The Boring Company: the excavation and infrastructure company founded by Elon Musk in 2016.
How Elon Musk’s career began
Elon Musk’s career began in 1990, when he landed in North America to study after emigrating from South Africa. At the young age of 12 he had already developed and sold a video game called Blastar.
Elon Musk founded Zip2 with his brother Kimbal Musk in 1995 and it was his first approach to the business world. It offered business directories and online city maps for media outlets.
At the age of 12, Elon Musk had already developed a video game. Photo: AP.In 1999, the company was sold to Compaq for more than $30 billion. This was the first financial victory of Musk and what allowed him to invest in other companies.
That same year, the magnate created an online financial services platform called X.com with the aim of facilitating digital banking transactions.
When it merged with Confinity, it became the name we know today, Paypal, and was the pioneer of electronic payments. In 2002 it was sold to eBay and allowed it to finance more ambitious projects.
One by one, the 10 richest people in the world, according to Forbes
- Elon Musk.
- Larry Ellison.
- Mark Zuckerberg.
- Jeff Bezos.
- Larry Page.
- Jensen Huang.
- Sergey Brin.
- Steve Ballmer.
- Bernard Arnault.
- Warren Buffett
