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The $300 Billion Elon Musk Myth , Let’s Talk Numbers
You may have seen this viral claim:
“Elon Musk is worth $300 billion , he could give every person on Earth $1 billion and still have money left over!”
It sounds generous. It also sounds unbelievable. That’s because it is.
Let’s break it down:
World population ≈ 8 billion
$1 billion per person × 8 billion people = $8,000,000,000,000,000
That’s 8 quadrillion dollars — far beyond any individual’s net worth, and well beyond the total money in circulation globally.
Reality check: Elon Musk’s net worth is around $300 billion.
He would need more than 26 times that amount to make this possible.
What people probably meant was:
“What if Elon gave everyone $1?”
That would total $8 billion , a huge gesture, but one that still leaves him with $292 billion.
You may have seen this viral claim:
“Elon Musk is worth $300 billion , he could give every person on Earth $1 billion and still have money left over!”
It sounds generous. It also sounds unbelievable. That’s because it is.
Let’s break it down:
World population ≈ 8 billion
$1 billion per person × 8 billion people = $8,000,000,000,000,000
That’s 8 quadrillion dollars — far beyond any individual’s net worth, and well beyond the total money in circulation globally.
Reality check: Elon Musk’s net worth is around $300 billion.
He would need more than 26 times that amount to make this possible.
What people probably meant was:
“What if Elon gave everyone $1?”
That would total $8 billion , a huge gesture, but one that still leaves him with $292 billion.
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