How Elon Musk became the richest man in the world (2025)

According to Forbes, Elon Musk holds the title of the richest man in the world, with a real-time net worth of $359 billion! Musk is a relentless innovator and entrepreneur and the mind behind some of the most transformative tech companies of the 21st century, including Tesla, SpaceX, and more recently, xAI. He has his hands in everything from electric vehicles and rockets to artificial intelligence and brain-computer interfaces. ALSO READ: Meet the richest woman in the world worth $99.5billion M