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How is it possible to be worth a trillion?

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aurpod1980 · 12/06/2026 21:40

Is it just utter madness that one man can be worth a trillion dollars ? $1000 billion Wtaf

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Firetreev · 12/06/2026 22:06

cupfinalchaos · 12/06/2026 21:48

Just think of the good that could be done with that. Let’s hope he does.

Don't get your hopes up. He's a neo nazi. His grandparents were Nazi sympathisers who moved from Canada to South Africa in the 1950s as they liked apartheid. His father is a vile racist, and Elon's own actions show that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. As I heard online the other day, "... you can take the boy out of apartheid South Africa, but you can't take apartheid South Africa out of the boy".

Desperatelyseekinglazysusan · 12/06/2026 22:05

the80sweregreat · 12/06/2026 21:55

I can’t imagine that amount of 00s tbh.
He doesn’t look particularly happy. Most of it must be tied up in lots of other things , but no idea 🤷

Isn't it all tied up in Space x? So loads of people bought shares so his company is worth £1tn not him. All the shareholders together own the £1tn surely? ( Clearly, I'm not an economist) Sounds like media speak. Not saying Musk isn't a massive willy waving narcissist who has far too much 💰

the80sweregreat · 12/06/2026 22:05

Wasn’t a lot of his original wealth from his dad ?
He is an odd bod.

LilacDrift · 12/06/2026 22:04

Just think of what good a decent person could do with all that money. Instead of an arsehole like Musk.

cardibach · 12/06/2026 22:04

Nobody is ‘worth’ it. Musk has access to it. But he’s a worthless human if ever there was one.

the80sweregreat · 12/06/2026 22:02

Not sure if it’s still the case, but I read that Elon Musk doesn’t own a house. I find that bizarre, but might be an urban myth. Seems a bit odd.

TownClock · 12/06/2026 22:01

There's an old saying, "If you want to know what God thinks of money just look at the people he gives it to."

Tryanalogue · 12/06/2026 21:58

I’d be a bargain at two trillion.

Janeywestblue · 12/06/2026 21:57

It’s fairly obscene, isn’t it?!

Weekmindedfool · 12/06/2026 21:56

Well. You take a billion. Multiply it by 1000, and you have a trillion. That’s how.

the80sweregreat · 12/06/2026 21:55

I can’t imagine that amount of 00s tbh.
He doesn’t look particularly happy. Most of it must be tied up in lots of other things , but no idea 🤷

Heartbroken38 · 12/06/2026 21:52

It's disgusting

cupfinalchaos · 12/06/2026 21:48

Just think of the good that could be done with that. Let’s hope he does.

cloudtreecarpet · 12/06/2026 21:47

It's disgusting, really disgusting.

Pansykavalier · 12/06/2026 21:43

Apparently a trillion has 12 zeros (1,000,000,000,000).

Madness that this should be possible. Indecent that any individual would want this more than to benefit humanity and our planet.

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