Tajir Twists, Elon Musk's Total Assets Reach Rp. 2,600 Trillion

Elon Musk (Sumber: Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - Tesla boss and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk managed to replace Amazon boss Jeff Bezos as the richest person in the world. Musk's total wealth is estimated at US $ 185 billion or around Rp.2,600 trillion.

Elon Musk's total assets come from several businesses he has developed. A Bloomberg report noted that Tesla's share price shot up and pushed Musk to be able to pass Jeff Bezos, who has been the world's biggest person since 2017.

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- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 8, 2021

The recorded price of Tesla's stock has increased by more than 150 billion US dollars overnight. On Thursday, Tesla shares closed at 816.04 US dollars, up nearly 8 percent.

The market value of the company has also grown to more than 760 billion US dollars. The name Elon Musk himself is getting more and more known, after the rocket module made by SpaceX successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS).

It was also a new history for space travel. Because for the first time the launch of NASA astronauts using rockets belonging to a private company owned by SpaceX.

SpaceX or Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, is actually a startup company founded by Elon Musk in 2002. So far Musk and SpaceX have developed a number of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets to prepare space travel for humans.