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Elon Musk Net Worth: How Much Money the SpaceX CEO Has in 2026
Forbes says Musk is now worth about $715 billion after peaking near $1.4 trillion, following market shifts and a viral interview backlash.
- On Monday, Elon Musk responded to MIT economist Daron Acemoglu's charity pledge challenge, stating, "I am actually going to do something along these lines!" after his net worth fell to $715 billion from a $1.4 trillion peak.
- The exchange stemmed from an interview with The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, where Musk claimed "money won't matter in 2036" and that AI will exceed human intelligence, rendering currency and human control obsolete.
- According to recent polling, 53% of Americans hold an unfavorable view of the billionaire. Critics cite his refusal to donate $6.6 billion to a UN food program and his foundation's $474 million in 2024 donations directed mostly toward employee-related projects.
- Musk has reacted aggressively to recent criticism, calling The Economist editor a "traitor to the west" and targeting other commentators on social media, demonstrating a pattern of combative responses to scrutiny.
- Acemoglu suggested that donating his wealth would "assuage many people" worried about billionaire influence. However, Musk's prior spending of nearly $300 million for Republicans and Donald Trump continues to draw scrutiny amid concerns over tech wealth volatility.
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Zaccaro: Consider power of a trillion dollars
Elon Musk recently became the first person in history to accumulate the staggering sum of $1 trillion. In response, several columnists and politicians have argued that no single individual should possess such an extreme amount of wealth, contending that, among…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded positively to a public proposal by a world-renowned economist to donate his entire fortune of approximately $1 trillion (about 1,466 trillion won) to charities by 2036. On the 27th (local time), the U.S. Economic Daily
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