Elon Musk at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, November 13, 2024 (Pool / Allison Robbert)
Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk, already considered the richest man on the planet, exceeded $ 400 billion in fortune, a first, reports Bloomberg.
Tesla's price of action has increased by more than 65% since the election in early November of Donald Trump, according to Bloomberg.
In addition, SpaceX and its investors have agreed to buy up to $ 1.25 billion in the company that increased the value of the space company to around $ 350 billion.
This transaction increased the personal fortune of Elon Musk by around $ 50 billion, bringing it to $ 440 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Now close to Donald Trump, Elon Musk has become the largest political donor in recent American history with more than $ 270 million paid during the presidential campaign to support the Republican, according to figures from the American electoral commission (FEC) .
This sum is the most important from a single non -candidate donor, according to OpenSecret data, a non -profit association which “follows money in politics and its effects on politics”.
The proximity of Musk with Trump aroused concerns about possible conflicts of interest, notably fear that the new administration eliminates tax credits on competing electric vehicles of Tesla.
The winner of the American presidential election rewarded him by naming him at the head of a commission for “government efficiency”, an body created to cut in federal budgets.
