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Evening Standard
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Holly Williams

Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX mega float

The blockbuster float of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has made him the world’s first ever paper trillionaire (Alamy/PA) -

Elon Musk is never far from the headlines and now the Tesla and X owner is making history once again after the blockbuster float of his SpaceX company has made him the world’s first ever paper trillionaire.

The 54-year-old’s net worth was estimated at 982.6 billion US dollars (£733 billion) before the float, according to Forbes, which has swelled to more than one trillion dollars after the record-breaking initial public offering (IPO).

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