World's first trillionaire

The IPO for SpaceX ($1.7 trillion) received a valuation 10 times more than any previous IPO ever.

I get that Elon Musk works hard but...

it would take the typical U.S. household, earning almost $84,000 a year, nearly 12 million years to accumulate that much wealth. Or, if you were fortunate enough to have and spend a million dollars a day, it would take 2,740 years to spend the entirety of a trillion-dollar budget.

And...

To help visualize such enormity, Paulos recommended a time scale: 1 million seconds in the past is less than two weeks ago, but a billion seconds puts us in 1994, and a trillion seconds goes back to 29,000 B.C., predating recorded history.

https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/visualizing-trillion-charts-graphics-musk-nears-trillionaire-status-rcna349018

@wildgrass said
The IPO for SpaceX ($1.7 trillion) received a valuation 10 times more than any previous IPO ever.

I get that Elon Musk works hard but...
[quote]it would take the typical U.S. household, earning almost $84,000 a year, nearly 12 million years to accumulate that much wealth. Or, if you were fortunate enough to have and spend a million dollars a day, it would take 2,740 yea ...[text shortened]... ews.com/data-graphics/visualizing-trillion-charts-graphics-musk-nears-trillionaire-status-rcna349018

who exactly is barred from doing the same things musk did to earn his money?

@Mott-The-Hoople said
who exactly is barred from doing the same things musk did to earn his money?

Everyone, duh.

@wildgrass said
Everyone, duh.

stupid statement

@Mott-The-Hoople said
stupid statement

He dumbed it down for a dummy.

@Mott-The-Hoople said
who exactly is barred from doing the same things musk did to earn his money?

Most of us don’t have millionaire parents like Musk does.

@wildgrass said
Everyone, duh.

A most disingenuous post to begin this thread!!!!

@AThousandYoung said
Most of us don’t have millionaire parents like Musk does.

I like this one, Thousand. Present a premise or discussion where one cannot be allowed to have rich parents, and god-forbid parents who give them money!!!! Libs seem to hate the players, they should hate the game!!! Not FAAAAAIR!
Why does the left not tolerate our successful culture? Other countries are in amazement. Why did the horrible TV woman fat sitcom person Roseann come BACK from Ireland after denouncing Trump and leaving in the first place???

@Mott-The-Hoople said
who exactly is barred from doing the same things musk did to earn his money?

Well you need a start with a racist father who runs an emerald mine. Apparently.

@kmax87 said
Well you need a start with a racist father who runs an emerald mine. Apparently.

But obviously I'm just jealous. Okay full disclosure. Ive been a Musk fan boy until he spent hundreds of millions to help Trump become 47.

He really helped get the ball rolling on EV'S and large scale renewable energy storage. SpaceX and the whole recovery/reusable aspects of space exploration etc etc....

And he has many detractors who say its not him its the people around him, blah blah blah....All I know I doubt without him we would have booster rocket stages that could land on their launch pads. So yeah he has something going on and maybe because true success for him is colonising Mars, the rest is just how he gets there.

But when you DOGE a nation smilingly without any concern for the peoples lives you are about to disrupt and destroy because you want Trump's blessing to further your own quest, then a line needs to be drawn, and Elon unplug yourself from your neural linked machine for a minute and consider humanity and its health as a much more admirable goal for a dash darn minute. We know you have the seeds of dictator in you, all we ask is that you approach benevolence.

@kmax87 said
Well you need a start with a racist father who runs an emerald mine. Apparently.

Per AI…

“Influence on Personal Life
Family Background
Errol Musk is the father of Elon Musk, born on May 25, 1946, in Pretoria, South Africa.
He has a total of seven children, including Elon, Kimbal, and Tosca.
Early Support
Errol's marriage to Maye Haldeman in 1970 produced three children, including Elon, who was born on June 28, 1971.
The family dynamic and Errol's experiences likely shaped Elon's upbringing and values.
Influence on Professional Life
Financial Support
Errol Musk provided significant financial assistance to Elon, notably giving $28,000 to help launch the software company Zip2.
Engineering Background
Errol's career as a mechanical engineering consultant and businessman likely inspired Elon's interest in technology and entrepreneurship.
His experience in property development and investments may have influenced Elon's approach to business ventures.
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Growing up in a household with a father engaged in various business activities likely fostered Elon's own entrepreneurial mindset.
Errol's diverse business interests, including emerald trading and property development, may have encouraged Elon to pursue innovative projects in technology and space exploration.
Errol Musk's influence is evident in both the personal values and professional ambitions that have shaped Elon Musk's life and career.”
Wikipedia

@AThousandYoung said
Most of us don’t have millionaire parents like Musk does.

What has the parents got to do with it?

@Mott-The-Hoople said
who exactly is barred from doing the same things musk did to earn his money?

Everybody. Are you gonna live 12 million years?

@Mott-The-Hoople said
Errol Musk's influence is evident in both the personal values and professional ambitions that have shaped Elon Musk's life and career.”
Wikipedia

Like Apartheid.

@wildgrass said
The IPO for SpaceX ($1.7 trillion) received a valuation 10 times more than any previous IPO ever.

I get that Elon Musk works hard but...
[quote]it would take the typical U.S. household, earning almost $84,000 a year, nearly 12 million years to accumulate that much wealth. Or, if you were fortunate enough to have and spend a million dollars a day, it would take 2,740 yea ...[text shortened]... ews.com/data-graphics/visualizing-trillion-charts-graphics-musk-nears-trillionaire-status-rcna349018

he worked very hard for those trillions. quite a lot if times harder and smarter than a developer he fired from X.

I mean just by firing the developers who wrote the least amount of code lines proves what a big brain boy he is