Chris West, CEO of Verbal Identity, explores the similarities between billionaires Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, and Steve Jobs. An obvious thing is the huge personal fortunes made from the companies they built. The less obvious thing is how they skillfully used language to build those companies (and those fortunes). Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett had […]
Musk’s trust sold over 3.5 million shares worth over $3.88 billion in a flurry of trades on Tuesday and Wednesday. The transactions were not marked as 10b5, which means they were not scheduled sales. The financial filings show that Musk is also selling a separate block of shares in his company via a plan that […]
According to a report by Bloomberg Wealth, the $50 billion drop marks the largest ever two-day decline recorded in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. While Musk still maintains his spot as the world’s richest man, his loss has narrowed the gap between the Tesla CEO and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the second richest […]
Shares in Tesla jumped 12.6% last week as Hertz announced it had ordered 100,000 vehicles to be delivered by the end of 2022. However, Musk has since tweeted, "I'd like to emphasize that no contract has been signed yet,” causing Tesla’s rally to stall. Tesla’s CEO also went on to say that "Tesla has far […]
The rise in Tesla’s share price has further bolstered the fortunes of its founder and chief executive, Elon Musk. According to Forbes, Musk became $25 billion richer following the deal with Hertz, making him wealthier than any billionaire ever. Recently, Morgan Stanley predicted that Musk will become the world’s first trillionaire. Tesla’s stock market value […]
The superyacht, known as the Y721, spans 417ft. It was rolled out in the Zwijndrecht shipyard in the west of the Netherlands earlier this week, since generating much excitement. The Y721 is set to be the largest sailing yacht in the world when it is finally complete in 2022, overtaking the current largest ocean passenger […]
Adam Jonas, an analyst at Morgan Stanley, said SpaceX was “challenging any preconceived notion of what was possible and the time frame possible, in terms of rockets, launch vehicles and supporting infrastructure”. He added: “More than one client has told us if Elon Musk were to become the first trillionaire ... it won’t be because […]
According to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has once again overtaken Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person thanks to Tesla’s soaring stock. On Friday, Tesla’s shares closed at $843.03 per share, a 3% increase on the day which takes the EV maker’s year-to-date gains to approximately 20%. Tesla’s […]
New data from Experian shows that 294,218 electric vehicles were sold between January and August of this year. Although this figure only accounts for 2.7% of total automobile sales, it nonetheless represents a 114% increase when compared to the same period of 2020. Out of the 294,218 electric vehicles sold, 194,165 (or 66%) were Teslas, […]
On Thursday, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said he plans to move the electric carmaker’s headquarters from Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas, where the company is building a massive car and battery manufacturing complex. Tesla joins Oracle, HP, and Toyota in moving its headquarters from California to Texas. While Silicon Valley is […]
Elon Musk is the billionaire entrepreneur and business magnate responsible for co-founding the cutting-edge companies PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, amongst others. Over the years, he has been compared to the likes of Steve Jobs and Henry Ford, and even Iron Man, with actor Robert Downey Jr allegedly modelling his portrayal of Tony Stark off of […]
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