David Farrar: The world’s first trillionaire

Elon Musk in now the world’s first trillionaire, with his net work now estimated a US$1.3 trillion.

He did not inherit even 0.000001% of this from his parents. Instead he simply:

• Co-founded an online money transfer system (PayPal)
• Created the then world’s leading electric car manufacturer (Tesla)
• Founded a company that does more orbital launches than anyone else in the world (SpaceX)
• Created a company that now provides global satellite Internet to the world (Starling)
• Co-founded the leading artificial intelligence company (Open AI)
• Founded a company that develops brain-computer interfaces (Neuralink)

It’s so unfair he has got so wealthy. I mean anyone could found or create six globally successful and revolutionary companies.

David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders