Elon Musk Adds Millions to His Own Wealth

Elon Musk just jumped ahead of the richest person in the world...himself.

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00:00The phrase, the rich get richer, doesn't come close to describing Elon Musk's one-day haul

00:07on Thursday. Already the world's richest man, the Tesla CEO, adding a whopping $26 billion.

00:15After the company's stock surged to new highs on Thursday, up 22% at the close,

00:20Tesla's second biggest gain since it IPO-ed in 2010. According to Forbes,

00:26Musk is now worth $269 billion. Meanwhile, a new report from Wall Street Journal claims Musk

00:33has been in, quote, regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since 2022.

00:40With Putin allegedly making requests about Musk's Starlink satellite internet service,

00:46Elon also took to X to announce two more $1 million winners of his pro-Trump America

00:53PAC sweepstakes, despite a warning from the Justice Department that he may be breaking

00:59federal election law.