Elon Musk

CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and owner of X (formerly Twitter). Musk's net worth fluctuates wildly with Tesla's stock price but has exceeded $250 billion, making him the richest person on Earth for most of 2024-2026. His $56 billion Tesla pay package — the largest CEO compensation in history — was struck down by a Delaware court in 2024, then re-approved by shareholders. He runs six companies simultaneously (Tesla, SpaceX, X, Neuralink, The Boring Company, xAI), which is either visionary multitasking or a corporate governance nightmare depending on who you ask.