00:00Billionaire Elon Musk, the world's richest person, is nearly halfway to becoming the
00:05planet's first trillionaire, Forbes magazine reported Wednesday. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO
00:11became the first person to achieve a net worth of US$500 billion briefly
00:16as the shares in his electric vehicle company rebound from his clumsy stint in politics amid
00:21other gains. The 54-year-old's net worth hit US$500.1 billion Wednesday,
00:27before dipping back to US$499.1 billion. Ranked after him are Oracle CEO Larry Ellison with a net
00:35worth of US$350.7 billion, followed by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg with a net worth of US$245.8 billion
00:44on the Forbes list. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania and dropping out of
00:49Stanford University, Musk banked his first millions when he sold an online publishing software company
00:55to US computer maker Compaq for more than US$300 million in 1999. The South African-born tech
01:03entrepreneur founded space rocket company SpaceX in 2002 and became the chairman of electric car
01:09maker Tesla in 2004. Natasha Bust, FMT.
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