Unprecedented. Elon Musk is the First Dollar Trillionaire in the World. Now with a net worth of $ 1.1Trillion following the listing of SpaceX today.
As the wealthiest person in the World, the gap between him and number 2 is is over $800. He is wealthier than number 2,3,4 and 5 combined. Larry Page (Google), Sergey Brin (Google), Jeff Bezos (Amazon) and Larry Ellison (Oracle).
Interestingly, all his businesses are unconventional. Tesla (Electric Cars and Tech), SpaceX (Exploration, Rockets, Spacecraft, AI, Starlink is also part of the company, Boring Company (Tunneling) and Neuralink (Brain implant company).
His wealth of approximately Ksh 143 Trillion can pay all our Public debt and consequently fund our budget for 35 years without Kenyans having to pay any taxes or levies to government Ceteris Paribus. With debt service exempted since there will be none to service.
Ingenuity, hard work, foresight and some level of obsession and not being “normal” are some of the attributes that are evident.
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