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Elon Musk now world's second wealthiest person
The South African-born added $7.2 billion in wealth on Monday alone following Tesla's latest surge. He now has an estimated $128 billion.
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Tesla's Elon Musk tests positive - and negative - for virus
In March, Musk appeared to dismiss concerns about the pandemic, saying that "my guess is that the panic will cause more harm than the virus."
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Elon Musk's net worth tops $100 billion: Forbes
A large chunk of his wealth comes from the 21% stake in Tesla, according to Forbes. Tesla shares, which went public at $17 a piece in 2010, rose as much as 3.5% in morning trade to a record high of $2,318.49.
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Egypt invites Musk after 'aliens built pyramids' tweet
'Aliens built the pyramids obv,' Musk had tweeted, picking up on a theme popular with conspiracy theorists and kicking off a predictable flood of replies ranging from light-hearted to furious.
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Twitter accounts of Apple, Musk, Gates, others hit in major hack
The list of accounts commandeered grew rapidly to include Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Uber, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bitcoin specialty firms and many others.
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Musk's net worth zooms past Warren Buffett's - Bloomberg News
Musk’s fortune rose by $6.07 billion on Friday, Bloomberg News said, following a 10.8% jump in the electric carmaker’s stock.
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Tesla's Musk approaches a $1.8 billion bonanza
Elon Musk, who is also the majority owner and CEO of the SpaceX rocket maker, receives no salary, only the options in his pay package. A full payoff of all tranches would surpass anything previously granted to US executives.
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Grimes changes her son's name to comply with California law
The 32-year-old singer - who gave birth to her son on 4 May - has revealed via Instagram that she's changed her baby's name from X Æ A-12 to X Æ A-Xii, because California law prohibits Indo-Arabic numerals in names.
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Trump to attend Florida launch of SpaceX flight: White House
US astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are scheduled to blast off from Kennedy's historic Launch Pad 39A on Wednesday for the International Space Station, arriving the next day.
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Musk 'ready' for arrest as he reopens California plant against local order
Musk has discussed opening a second US factory outside California in the past. In a tweet in February, he solicited comments on potentially opening a factory in Texas.
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Payout for Musk as Tesla value tops $100bn
Shares in Tesla rose some six percent in early trade to lift the value of the fast-growing maker of electric vehicles to around $105 billion.
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Fly me to the moon: Japanese billionaire seeks girlfriend for SpaceX voyage
44-year-old Maezawa, who sold his online fashion retailer Zozo Inc to SoftBank Group Corp, is seeking single females aged over 20 for the show, which will be shown on streaming service AbemaTV.
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British caver says 'shamed, dirtied' by Elon Musk 'pedo guy' tweet
Vernon Unsworth said the entrepreneur's tweet referring to him as 'pedo guy' had branded him as a paedophile.
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Elon Musk defends 'pedo guy' tweet in defamation trial
The tech billionaire told the defamation trial jury he had been 'upset' when he described British diver Vernon Unsworth as 'pedo guy' in a tweet.
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Musk to testify in own defence in defamation trial, his lawyer says
Musk posted the tweet after Unsworth accused Vernon Musk in a CNN interview of grandstanding by offering to help Unsworth’s diving team rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thailand cave in July 2018.
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Tesla cybertruck orders near 150,000 just days after chaotic launch
Elon Musk boasted on Twitter just two days after he floundered on stage when the vehicle's armoured glass windows cracked in a demonstration intended to prove their indestructible design.
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Tesla's electric truck flouts convention with angular design, armoured glass
With a starting price of $39,900 (£30,892), the Cyber truck is less expensive than initially flagged but its polarising design could limit sales in a segment symbolic of a rugged, practical American lifestyle.
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US judge clears way for defamation case over Musk 'pedo' tweet
Elon Musk called Vernon Unsworth 'pedo guy' after Unsworth, who helped with the rescue, ridiculed Musk's proposal to build a mini-submarine during the crisis as a 'PR stunt'.
