According to calculations by Forbes magazine, Tesla boss Elon Musk has a net worth of around $749 billion following a court decision in the USA.
December 21, 2025, 04:18December 21, 2025, 04:18
This emerges from the magazine’s list of billionaires published online, which Musk currently leads.
Despite a turbulent year, Elon Musk’s wealth has increased significantly again.Image: keystone
Musk recently prevailed in a years-long legal dispute over a huge block of shares from 2018. The approximately 304 million shares are worth just over $146 billion at the current price. The Supreme Court in the US state of Delaware overturned a judge’s decision to overturn the compensation package following a shareholder lawsuit. The judges ruled that repealing the entire package was too harsh a measure.
In 2018, Musk was given the right to acquire the shares in twelve steps if the company met ambitious goals over a period of up to ten years. Tesla hit the targets much faster. The package was worth more than $50 billion at the time.
Just cracked the 600 billion mark
Just at the beginning of the week, Musk’s fortune reached an estimated net worth of more than $600 billion, according to Forbes. From the magazine’s point of view, the deciding factor was the sale of shares in the space company SpaceX, run by Musk, by some employees and investors. Musk’s assets mainly consist of shares in the electric car manufacturer Tesla and SpaceX. Google co-founder Larry Page is currently in second place on the billionaire list with a fortune of around $253 billion. (sda/dpa)