Musk became the richest man on planet after his net worth increased more than $150 billion this year and Tesla's share price surged a massive 743%.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently raced ahead of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the richest person on the planet. But Musk did not remain on top for long and Bezos has once again became the world's richest man. Musk became the richest man on planet after his net worth increased more than $150 billion this year and Tesla's share price surged a massive 743 percent last year.
1. Musk moved to Canada at 17
Tesla CEO Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa but he moved to Canada when he was just 17.
2. Musk has citizenship of 3 countries
Elon Musk has citizenship of South Africa, Canada and the US.
3. Musk has founded eight companies
The billionaire businessman is the founder of eight companies namely Tesla, SpaceX, Hyperloop, OpenAI, Neuralink, The Boring Company, Zip2, PayPal.
4. Musk knows martial art and wrestling
When Tesla CEO Musk was 15-year-old, he learned martial art (karate, judo) and wrestling.
5. Musk receives no salary
Though Elon Musk the majority owner and CEO of the SpaceX rocket maker he draws no salary from the company.