{"content":"The $300 Billion Elon Musk Myth , Let’s Talk Numbers You may have seen this viral claim: “Elon Musk is worth $300 billion , he could give every person on Earth $1 billion and still have money left over!” It sounds generous. It also sounds unbelievable. That’s because it is. Let’s break it down: World population ≈ 8 billion $1 billion per person × 8 billion people = $8,000,000,000,000,000 That’s 8 quadrillion dollars — far beyond any individual’s net worth, and well beyond the total money in circulation globally. Reality check: Elon Musk’s net worth is around $300 billion. He would need more than 26 times that amount to make this possible. What people probably meant was: “What if Elon gave everyone $1?” That would total $8 billion , a huge gesture, but one that still leaves him with $292 billion.","images":["https://d2kdcqywr8ua22.cloudfront.net/uploadfile/article/blog/2025052025/05/17/afcd683affea44ab8f179671495300e4.png"],"tags":[],"tradingPairs":[],"quotearticleid":0}