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This increase in Musk’s wealth is due to the merger of his company SpaceX and xAI.
The total wealth of the world’s richest man Elon Musk has crossed the figure of $ 850 billion (about Rs 77 lakh crore). His net worth has increased by 84 billion dollars (Rs 7 lakh crore) in one day.
According to Forbes, Musk has now become the richest person in history. This increase in Musk’s wealth is due to the merger of his rocket manufacturing company SpaceX and artificial intelligence startup xAI.
Musk’s net worth has increased by 70% in just 4 months. It reached $500 billion in October 2025. Now his net worth is more than the GDP of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. This is more than the total wealth of the top 40 richest people of India.
SpaceX and xAI merge to create $1 trillion company
Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has bought his AI company xAI. Earlier these two were separate. Now they have become one big company, whose total value is estimated at $1.25 trillion (about Rs 104 lakh crore). This merger increased Musk’s value by $84 billion.
Before the merger, Musk owned a 42% stake in SpaceX, which was valued at $336 billion. The value of his 49% stake in xAI was $122 billion. Musk’s stake in the new company formed after the merger is now 43%, whose value alone is $542 billion.
Musk made 4 big records in 4 months
- October 2025: He became the world’s first $500 billion person. This happened after he left Trump’s government arm (DOGE) to focus on Tesla.
- 15 December: As SpaceX’s valuation increased, it crossed $600 billion.
- 19 December: He became the only member of the $700 billion club after the court reinstated his Tesla stock options.
- January 2026: The merger of SpaceX and xAI brought the total assets to $850 billion.
Musk overtakes other rich people of the world
The gap between Musk and the second richest person in the world has increased by more than three times. Google co-founder Larry Page is at second place with a net worth of $281 billion. Musk is $578 billion richer than him. The speed at which his wealth is increasing, he may soon become the world’s first ‘trillionaire’ (owner of 1000 billion dollars).
Musk created companies like Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink
- Tesla:Tesla was founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Mark Tarpenning. Elon Musk was one of the early investors in the company and in February 2004 he invested heavily in Tesla. After this Musk became the chairman and then CEO of Tesla. Tesla’s objective was to make electric vehicles available to the common people and promote sustainable energy.
- SpaceX:SpaceX was started by Elon Musk in March 2002. His dream was to reduce the cost of space launch and establish human settlement on Mars. SpaceX launched the first successful rocket (Falcon 1) in 2008, and its Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station in 2012.
- Neuralink:Neuralink was founded by Elon Musk in 2016. The aim of this company is to develop brain-machine interface technology that connects the human brain and computer. Neuralink aims to treat neurological diseases and better connect humans with artificial intelligence in the future.
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Musk will get a payment package of ₹ 12 lakh crore from Tesla: Delaware Supreme Court overturns the decision of the lower court, stake in the company will be 18%
The world’s richest man Elon Musk has got a big win in his 2018 payment package. The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday overturned the lower court’s decision, which had canceled Musk’s $56 billion compensation package. Due to the increase in the price of Tesla shares, the value of this package has now become about $ 139 billion (about Rs 12 lakh crore). Read full news
Source: www.bhaskar.com
