Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX valuation passes $2tn in first stock market trading. The world's richest person now is 100× richer than the richest person in 2016

Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened

One economist says Musk’s world-first level of extreme wealth highlights massive economic disparities and could have profound effects on society