Elon Musk is already the wealthiest individual in the world, ranking hundreds of billions of dollars ahead of the next ...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is the world's richest person by a significant margin. While some of the other billionaires have watched their wealth decline in 2026, Musk is gaining.

Elon Musk’s net worth has surged past $800 billion, setting yet another record and widening the gap between him and the next richest to more than $500 billion.

It is rare for the richest person or richest family to triple wealth of the next richest. Bill Gates did it briefly in 1999 and Rockefeller did it. Now Elon Musk has a net worth of $852 ...