Who is World No 1 richest person?

Key Takeaways

• Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, is the richest person in the world with a $278 billion net worth.
• Behind Musk is the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, with an estimated net worth of $202 billion.

What Elon Musk does with his money Tweet?

Musk responded to a tweet from noted researcher Dr. David Eli who said 2\% of Musk’s wealth, about $6 billion, nearly matches that raised by the UN World Food Programme (WFP): $8.4 billion. Musk said he would sell Tesla stock and donate the proceeds if the U.N. could prove his donation could save millions from hunger.

Did Elon sell his Tesla stock?

Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Elon Musk unloaded more Tesla stock Tuesday and said he had “sold enough” to meet his 10\% target, in a podcast interview. The Tesla (ticker: TSLA) CEO has been selling stock in the electric-vehicle maker over the past six weeks, as well as exercising stock options.

Is Elon Musk a trillionaire?

SpaceX currently makes up less than 17 percent of Musk’s $241.4 billion net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Musk as the world’s first trillionaire has been posited before — but largely due to Tesla’s predicted share performance.

Did Elon offer end world hunger?

The Tesla founder has offered to pay to end world hunger if the UN explains how it would spend his money. Responding to the challenge, the UN’s World Food Programme has produced a detailed plan to stave off global famine. The UN’s $6.6 billion proposal could help 42 million vulnerable people survive 2022.

Is Elon done selling?

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold more stock as part of a prearranged plan to exercise expiring management stock options. He said he’s just about done selling. On both days—once on a podcast and also on Twitter— Musk said he was just about done selling. He has another 4 million or so expiring stock options he needs to exercise.