This Is How Much Tech Billionaire Elon Musk Makes In An Hour (2024)

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This Is How Much Tech Billionaire Elon Musk Makes In An Hour? ›

"Calculating earnings per second involved dividing this total by the number of seconds in a year (31,536,000), resulting in an approximate figure of $114.80 per second; this translates to $6,887 per minute, $413,220 per hour, $9,917,280 per day, and $69,420,960 per week," the report noted.

Controversial billionaire Elon Musk makes $400,000 (€372,000) an hour, according to new data acquired by finance platform Finbold.

Musk's earnings per second are over $43,000 per minute, nearly equivalent to the annual full-time wage in the US of $53,490. Musk earns a year's salary in just one minute, and it takes him only a week to reach a nine-figure income.

(Currently, Tesla's market cap is about $580 billion.) Based on today's stock price, the value of the pay package stands at about $46 billion. The package also includes a requirement that Musk hold onto the shares for five years after he exercises the options, according to regulatory filings.

Let's first answer the critical question — Elon Musk's IQ is around 155. For context, it is believed that Albert Einstein had an IQ between 160 to 165. As such, Elon is way more brilliant than the average person. While at it, you might be curious about what your IQ is.

Amazon.com Inc. Founder Jeff Bezos, a key figure in modern business, saw a massive increase in his net worth from $107 billion in early 2023 to $177 billion a year later, marking a $70 billion gain, according to Fortune. This equates to an increase of $191,780,822 per day or about $7,990,868 per hour.

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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and Twitter (Now X), is known for his extraordinary work ethic, often clocking in over 120 hours per week. He often shares how he throws himself into work, spending hours and often days in the office to get things right.

Elon Musk earns approximately $656 per second, according to CoinCodex. This estimation is from Musk's reported estimated net worth of $205.2 billion as of January 2024 and the span of over a decade during which he accumulated his wealth.

How much of Tesla does Elon own? ›

With the pay package, Mr. Musk would own 20.5 percent of Tesla, up from about 13 percent. He has said he would like a 25 percent stake, noting in January that it would be “enough to be influential, but not so much that I can't be overturned.”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's massive $56 billion pay package was approved by shareholders during the company's annual meeting Thursday. “Hot damn, I love you guys,” Musk said to a cheering room of Tesla shareholders and employees minutes after his pay package was approved.

Instead, they bought it for $75,000 from Brad Siewert, a man in Sacramento who owned the rights to Tesla Motors, which was named after Nikola Tesla, the scientist and engineer. In a post on Twitter sharing “Tesla history trivia,” Musk said that the co-founders bought the name from Siewert in 2004.

Bill Gates' IQ is often estimated to be around 160.

It can be inferred from his early admission to Harvard University, his near-perfect SAT score, his achievements in creating and developing Microsoft, and his well-documented aptitude for mathematics and logical thinking from a young age.

Most theorists peg Einstein's IQ score between 160-190. Because he never took any kind of test to measure his intelligence, the definite score is still a mystery. But without a doubt, he was a brilliant man with an incredible brain.

In contrast to the standard 8-9 hours that a person with work life balance tends to work, a 120 hours work week means that Elon Musk works for about 17 hours every day.

The world's six richest people are approaching $1 trillion in combined net worth. Their fortunes have soared this year largely due to a historic stock-market rally. The six centibillionaires include Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett.

Real-Time Net Worth: $212.5B

Bernard Arnault, the CEO and chairman of LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods group, has reclaimed the top spot as the richest person on January 31, 2024, surpassing Elon Musk.

210.2 billion USD (2024)

Elon Musk / Net worth