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Elon Musk becomes first person worth over $700 billion

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Elon Musk becomes first person worth over $700 billion

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Tesla CEO Elon ‍Musk’s net worth surged to $749 billion ​late Friday after the ‌Delaware Supreme Court reinstated Tesla ​stock options worth $139 billion that were voided last year, according to Forbes’ billionaires index.

Musk’s 2018 pay package, once worth $56 billion, was restored by the Delaware Supreme ​Court on Friday, two ⁠years after a lower court struck down the compensation deal as “unfathomable.”

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The Supreme Court ​said that ⁠a 2024 ruling that rescinded the pay package had been improper and inequitable to ‌Musk.

Earlier this week, Musk became ‌the first person ever to surpass $600 billion in net ‍worth on the heels of reports that his aerospace startup SpaceX ‍was likely to go public.

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In November, Tesla shareholders separately approved a $1 trillion pay plan for Musk, the largest corporate pay package in history, as investors endorsed his vision of ⁠morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics ​juggernaut.

Musk’s fortune now exceeds that of ⁠Google co-founder Larry Page, the world’s second-richest person, by nearly $500 billion, according to Forbes’ billionaires list.

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