{"id":9928,"date":"2026-06-13T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9928"},"modified":"2026-06-13T12:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:01:01","slug":"elon-musk-is-the-worlds-first-trillionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9928","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk is the world&#8217;s first trillionaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Stevie Bonifield<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nJune 12, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elon Musk with zeros and money falling from the sky.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/STKE012_SPACEX_IPO_2026_D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Elon Musk&#8217;s net worth has passed the trillion-dollar mark after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/947926\/spacex-ipo-stock-shares-trading-elon-musk\">SpaceX&#8217;s IPO<\/a>. His net worth, which was hovering around $800 billion before the IPO, includes the value of his 4.8 billion shares in SpaceX, along with his wealth from his other companies, like Tesla. Shares of SPCX opened at $150 and have remained well above the $138 benchmark that gives Musk a 13-figure net worth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">SpaceX combined Musk&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/872619\/elon-musk-merges-spacex-with-xai-and-x\">rocket, AI, and social media platforms<\/a> earlier this year, and said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/business\/902219\/spacex-ipo-details\">in its S-1<\/a> that its goal is to &#8220;build the systems and technologies necessary to make life multiplanetary, to understand the true nature of the universe, and to extend the light  \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/948409\/elon-musk-trillionaire-spacex-ipo\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/948409\/elon-musk-trillionaire-spacex-ipo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stevie Bonifield &bull; June 12, 2026 Elon Musk&#8217;s net worth has passed the trillion-dollar mark after SpaceX&#8217;s IPO. His net worth, which was hovering around $800 billion before the IPO, includes the value of his 4.8 billion shares in SpaceX, along with his wealth from his other companies, like Tesla. Shares of SPCX opened at<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9928\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}