{"id":3845,"date":"2023-03-26T01:20:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T00:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceoinfluencers.com\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2023-03-26T01:20:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T00:20:34","slug":"how-did-elon-musk-get-all-of-his-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceoinfluencers.com\/how-did-elon-musk-get-all-of-his-money\/","title":{"rendered":"How did elon musk get all of his money?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk is an entrepreneur and investor who co-founded PayPal and Tesla Motors. He has an estimated net worth of $13.9 billion as of 2018. He is the founder, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX, co-founder of Tesla Motors, and chairman of SolarCity. He also founded The Boring Company, a tunnel construction company.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk made most of his money through his involvement with PayPal. He was a co-founder of the company and served as its chairman and CEO. PayPal was acquired by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. Musk subsequently founded SpaceX and Tesla Motors. He is also the chairman of SolarCity.<\/p>\n

Where did Elon Musk get all his money? <\/h2>\n

In May of 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he would be selling $10 billion (£8.7 billion) worth of his shares in the company over the next 12 months in order to diversify his assets and reduce his reliance on Tesla. This sale represented approximately 10% of Musk’s total stake in Tesla.<\/p>\n

In the months following, Musk sold an additional $4 billion (£35 billion) of Tesla shares, bringing his total sale for the year to $14 billion (£122 billion).<\/p>\n