SpaceX made Elon Musk a trillionaire
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Elon Musk isn’t the only one benefiting from SpaceX’s public debut.
In the 11 years since Elon Musk and Sam Altman helped start OpenAI, their once tight bond has unwound, leaving the two billionaires fighting it out in court.
Elon Musk has laid out hundreds of goals over the years for what he plans to achieve at his businesses. Musk, 54, has said his rocket company, SpaceX, will build a colony of humans on Mars.
He is now worth more than a trillion dollars and is the world's first trillionaire. He owns the world's most valuable car company, a rocket firm that competes with national space agencies, and one of the most visited social media platforms on the planet.
SpaceX and Google have a long and complicated relationship, but they were both celebrating this week after Elon Musk's company held its blockbuster IPO.
