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Elon Musk is a South African-born businessman and the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$402 billion as of February 8, 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, [417] and $397 billion according to Forbes, [418] primarily from his ownership stakes in Tesla, Inc., and SpaceX.
When stacked and fully fueled, Starship has a mass of approximately 5,000 t (11,000,000 lb), [c] a diameter of 9 m (30 ft) [17] and a height of 121.3 m (398 ft). [6] The rocket has been designed with the goal of being fully reusable to reduce launch costs; [18] it consists of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage [19] which are powered by Raptor and Raptor Vacuum engines.
Elon Musk stated in 2021 that the final design will have a dry mass between 160 t (350,000 lb) and 200 t (440,000 lb), with the tanks weighing 80 t (180,000 lb) and the interstage 20 t (44,000 lb). [ 9 ]
These charts tell the story of Elon Musk's 2024 by tracking Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, Neuralink, X, election spending, and net worth. ... Elon Musk has had a big year with Tesla and SpaceX soaring in ...
Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. ... spotted another rocket part in 2020 that helped launch NASA’s doomed Surveyor 2 lunar probe in 1966 during the height of the ...
Musk founded The Boring Company in 2017 with the vision of remaking urban transit. But Boring, which spun out of SpaceX in 2018, isn’t your everyday tunnel maker. That year, Boring created a ...
Elon Musk has since surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest person in the history of the United States, and of modern history, according to size of wealth compared to GDP. In December 2024 his wealth reached $474 billion dollars (1.61% of USA's GDP at that year) compared to Rockefeller's 1.5% at the height of his wealth. [5]
Elon Musk founded xAI in July 2023 with a 12-person staff. In just under a year and a half, the company has been valued at a reported $50 billion. This chart shows how crazy fast the value of Elon ...