What does Musk's wealth of $970 billion mean? It means an average of $992 earned every second.

SpaceX's first public offering may make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. How wealthy is this tech founder really? One analysis by the media shows that his current wealth is around $970 billion, with most of it in stocks. If this massive wealth were to be spread out over his entire career, it would be an average of $992 per second. The analysis found that Musk's wealth includes his pre-IPO stake in SpaceX worth $538 billion, his $167 billion stake in Tesla, and about $150 billion worth of stock options in both companies that he can exercise almost anytime. In addition, he also holds stakes in the tunneling company The Boring Company and his brain-machine interface company Neuralink, valued at $5 billion each. Wealth intelligence company Altrata estimates that he also has $104 billion in real estate, planes, and other investments and assets. Musk is 54 years old. In 1995, 31 years ago, Musk co-founded his first company, starting a series of entrepreneurial ventures in the technology and engineering fields in the United States. Over 31 years, he has amassed $970 billion in wealth. A family with an income equal to the median household income in the United States would need to work over 11 million years to accumulate wealth like his.