havefun888 Into the stratosphere: Musk net worth tops $400 billion

FILE – Tesla CEO Elon Musk waves as he leaves the Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany on March 13, 2024. Tesla shareholders are charting the future of the electric vehicle company Thursday, June 13, 2024, as they wrap up voting whether or not to restore Musk’s massive pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Washington, United States — Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk’s net worth has surpassed $400 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, setting a new milestone Wednesday for the world’s richest person.

The jump in wealth, the business news outlet reported, came after SpaceX and its investors agreed to purchase as much as $1.25 billion of insider shares in a transaction that valued the rocket and satellite company at about $350 billion.

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The transaction increased Musk’s personal wealth by about $50 billion to $440 billion, Bloomberg said.

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Musk’s wealth, largely based on the share price of Tesla and the valuation of SpaceX, already took a huge leap after Donald Trump won last month’s US presidential election.

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Tesla’s share price is up by about 65 percent since the vote in November.

While Nippon’s $14.9 billion takeover of Pittsburgh-based US Steel still faces significant challenges in the wake of furious bipartisan political opposition, the decision was greeted by US Steel and condemned by the steelworkers union, which has fought the deal.

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Musk has been a prominent political donor and advocate for Trump, pumping a staggering $270 million into the Republican’s campaign.

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He has been an ever-present sidekick for Trump since his election victory, inviting him to watch a rocket launch in Texas by his SpaceX company.

Musk’s businesses all have varying degrees of interactions with US and foreign governments, and his proximity to Trump has raised concerns that Musk will be able to give advantage to his own interests.

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Musk is also expected to secure a reduction in regulations for Tesla as well as elimination of tax credits on electric vehicles that will punish the car-maker’s rivals.

Trump has selected Musk to co-head the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which is set to deliver billions of dollars of cuts in federal spending and slash government red tape.

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