{"id":498689,"date":"2026-06-18T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/498689\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:00:11","slug":"elon-musk-is-the-worlds-first-trillionaire-heres-where-his-wealth-is-stored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/498689\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Is the World&#8217;s First Trillionaire. Here&#8217;s Where His Wealth Is Stored."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">In the wake of the record-setting initial public offering of Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), widely known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/how-to-invest\/stocks\/how-to-invest-in-spacex-stock\/?utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=bc187c59-7fdc-4e98-b707-659c1865ecb1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SpaceX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;SpaceX&quot;}\" class=\"link \">SpaceX<\/a>, Elon Musk just officially became the world&#8217;s first trillionaire. Forbes, which tracks these things, puts his current net worth at $1.3 trillion. So, where does he store all that money?<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Little of it is in cash or cash equivalents such as money market funds, certificates of deposit, or short-term Treasury bills. Such liquid assets make up only about 0.1% of his wealth, Musk said recently. Still, that&#8217;s at least $1 billion, more than enough cash on hand for everyday expenses for anyone. Even for Musk, presumably.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again.\u00a0In 2009, a &#8220;Double Down&#8221; signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia.\u00a0For the first time in years, that same &#8220;Total Conviction&#8221; signal is flashing for a company 1\/100th the size of Nvidia.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=7eaad8da-3b52-4e18-a510-ae11b85ea58e&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fa-sa-dd-total-conviction%3Faid%3D11123%26source%3Disaediica0000074%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-dd-4%26ftm_veh%3Dtop_incontent_pitch_feed_yahoo%26ftm_pit%3D19375&amp;utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=bc187c59-7fdc-4e98-b707-659c1865ecb1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Continue \u00bb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Continue \u00bb&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Continue \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The vast bulk of his enormous fortune is in the stocks of his two main companies, SpaceX and electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA).<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Musk reportedly owns at least 38% of SpaceX, including stock options. The company&#8217;s market cap is currently about $2.6 trillion, so that stake is worth about $1 trillion, give or take a few tens of billions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">He owns about 10% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/how-to-invest\/stocks\/how-to-invest-in-tesla-stock\/?utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=bc187c59-7fdc-4e98-b707-659c1865ecb1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tesla;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tesla&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tesla<\/a>, which is currently valued at about $1.5 trillion, so his stake is worth about $150 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Musk is also a founder of several other businesses, including tunnel driller The Boring Company and brain implant company Neuralink. Both are still privately held, so it&#8217;s unclear exactly what they&#8217;re worth, but The Wall Street Journal estimates $5 billion each.<\/p>\n<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7980ac1da77f99b099f6ac5df428c0cd.jpeg\" alt=\"A pot of gold at the end of rainbow.\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-lglytj  loaded\"\/> Image source: Getty Images.      <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Because most of Musk&#8217;s wealth is in publicly traded companies, his fortune fluctuates with their market capitalizations, as reflected by their share prices. As those investments go, so goes his fortune.<\/p>\n<p>      Should you buy stock in Space Exploration Technologies right now?    <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Before you buy stock in Space Exploration Technologies, consider this:<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=274da4ba-a0d1-4608-9849-ee8a425ada53&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fe-sa-bbn-bn%3Faid%3D8867%26source%3Disaeditxt0001181%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-bbn-evergreen%26ftm_veh%3Darticle_pitch_feed_yahoo%26ftm_pit%3D18781&amp;utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=bc187c59-7fdc-4e98-b707-659c1865ecb1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:10 best stocks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;10 best stocks&quot;}\" class=\"link \">10 best stocks<\/a> for investors to buy now\u2026 and Space Exploration Technologies wasn\u2019t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004&#8230; if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation,\u00a0you\u2019d have $424,531!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005&#8230; if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $1,273,016!*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the wake of the record-setting initial public offering of Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), widely known as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[350,85,809,46,25780,141,145,228185],"class_list":["post-498689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-elon-musk","tag-il","tag-initial-public-offering","tag-israel","tag-money-market-funds","tag-science","tag-space","tag-space-exploration-technologies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}