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Elon Musk becomes first person worth $700 billion following pay package ruling

Elon Musk’s pay package approval boosted his net worth to $700 billion, making him the first person to reach this milestone in the United States.

  • Earlier this year SoftBank Group is racing to close a $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI, which has not yet received the remaining funds under the contract, sources said.
  • OpenAI aims to build 30 gigawatts of compute at a cost of $1.4 trillion, with its valuation approaching nearly $900 billion, sources said.
  • Masayoshi Son sold SoftBank's entire $5.8 billion Nvidia stake and offloaded $4.8 billion of its T-Mobile US stake to raise cash, while SoftBank recently expanded margin loan capacity to $11.5 billion.
  • Directing investment managers at SoftBank's Vision Fund toward the OpenAI deal, SoftBank plans to list PayPay, aiming to raise more than $20 billion next year.
  • Amid a global AI buildout, SoftBank Group's scramble offers a window into strain faced by dealmakers financing $500 billion Stargate and OpenAI's nearly $900 billion valuation, sources said.
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According to calculations by the magazine "Forbes", Tesla chief Musk has a net asset of about 749 billion dollars. This is shown by the online published billionaire list of the magazine, which Musk is currently leading.

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Elon Musk (54) was the first person to accumulate a fortune of incredible $749 billion. The trillion seems to be just a matter of time.

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Elon Musk just moved one step closer to becoming the first trillionaire in history after a court reinstated his Tesla stock options worth billions. According to Forbes' Billionaires Index, the Tesla CEO's net worth rose to $749 billion on Friday, making Musk the first person to surpass the $700 billion milestone. He is now the richest person in the world and about $500 billion richer than the second-richest, Google co-founder Larry Page, the ind…

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After a court decision in Delaware, the richest person in the world gets richer again.

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businessinsider.jp broke the news in on Saturday, December 20, 2025.
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