PERSON
BillionairesElon Musk
🇺🇸 United States • b. 1971
Founder/CEO of Tesla and SpaceX; owner of X. Born in South Africa, US citizen.
- Nationality
- US
Records
3 metrics · 14 records
Age at First Billion
1 record- 2012First listed by Forbes in the 2012 World's Billionaires at $2B.41countsrc
Net Worth
12 recordsWhat countsAnnual Forbes list value — one row per year; “current” = the latest year's row.
- 2026Forbes World's Billionaires 2026 list net worth.$839Bsrc
- 2025Forbes World's Billionaires 2025 list net worth.$342Bsrc
- 2024Forbes World's Billionaires 2024 list net worth.$195Bsrc
- 2023Forbes World's Billionaires 2023 list net worth.$180Bsrc
- 2022Forbes World's Billionaires 2022 list net worth.$219Bsrc
- 2021Forbes World's Billionaires 2021 list net worth.$151Bsrc
- 2019Jan 1, 2019$22.3Bsrc
- 2016Oct 1, 2016$11.5Bsrc
- 2015Forbes World's Billionaires 2015 list net worth.$12Bsrc
- 2014Forbes World's Billionaires 2014 list net worth.$8.4Bsrc
- 2013Forbes World's Billionaires 2013 list net worth.$2.7Bsrc
- 2012Forbes World's Billionaires 2012 list net worth.$2Bsrc
Net Worth (Peak)
1 recordWhat countsAll-time maximum recorded net worth (highest citable figure, not an intraday estimate).
- 2026All-time high: Forbes 2026 World's Billionaires list, #1 at $839B (published 2026-03-10). Crossed $800B in Feb 2026 per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Elon_Musk. Truth-pass Phase B correction (was $486B Dec-2024 Bloomberg ATH). | Correction applied: truth-pass Phase B: stored peak $486B (Dec-2024 Bloomberg ATH) contradicted the active series max ($839B, Forbes 2026 list). Corrected to the Forbes 2026 World's Billionaires list figure $839B (published 2026-03-10) — the highest authoritative Forbes valuation on record; Musk crossed $800B in Feb 2026 per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Elon_Musk; Bloomberg's index sits lower (~$735B, June 2026) on different SpaceX/xAI marks.$839Bsrc
Sources
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repoint-2026-06: was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires_2026 (HTTP 404); repointed to live equivalent. live #2026 section has real-time edits diverging from the as-published list; the 2026-03-16 Wayback snapshot's #2026 table matches all 10 stored values exactly (Musk $839B … Ortega $148B), verified 2026-06-09
repoint-2026-06: was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires_2026 (HTTP 404); repointed to live equivalent. live #2026 section has real-time edits diverging from the as-published list; the 2026-03-16 Wayback snapshot's #2026 table matches all 10 stored values exactly (Musk $839B … Ortega $148B), verified 2026-06-09
repoint-2026-06: was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires_2025 (HTTP 404); repointed to live equivalent. MediaWiki API: title "The World's Billionaires 2025" MISSING; live #2025 section table verified against stored record values 2026-06-09
repoint-2026-06: was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires_2024 (HTTP 404); repointed to live equivalent. MediaWiki API: title "The World's Billionaires 2024" MISSING; live #2024 section table verified against stored record values 2026-06-09
repoint-2026-06: was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires_2023 (HTTP 404); repointed to live equivalent. MediaWiki API: title "The World's Billionaires 2023" MISSING; live #2023 section table verified against stored record values 2026-06-09
repoint-2026-06: was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires_2022 (HTTP 404); repointed to live equivalent. MediaWiki API: title "The World's Billionaires 2022" MISSING; live #2022 section table verified against stored record values 2026-06-09 (known wiki-table Bezos 177-vs-171 mirror disagreement documented — U-5 rejected the wiki figure)
repoint-2026-06: was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires_2021 (HTTP 404); repointed to live equivalent. MediaWiki API: title "The World's Billionaires 2021" MISSING; live #2021 section table verified against stored record values 2026-06-09
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