
The world’s first trillionaire
Elon Musk is poised to become the world’s first trillionaire. For scale, the federal budget is only $7 trillion. Elon Musk could completely fund Medicare or the National Defense for a year. He could completely fund the Canadian government and have $500 billion to spare. In total, there are about 100 countries that he could fund. He will have as much money as the United Kingdom.