Elon Musk, a businessman who has had a huge impact in the fields of technology, space and electric vehicles, has become the first trillionaire in world history, according to foreign media.
With the listing of Musk's famous SpaceX company on the stock market, its shares started at US$150 and quickly rose to US$160. Accordingly, with the increase in the value of his assets, including the value of his shares in SpaceX, it is estimated that his total assets will exceed US$1.1 trillion.
SpaceX released 555,555,555 shares to the market at US$135 per share in its initial public offering, raising a total of US$75 billion.
Musk, who became famous worldwide through Tesla, later emerged as a powerful figure in the internet industry after purchasing Twitter.