8. He is a billionaire
Elon Musk has been nothing but successful in turning his brain into a money-making machine. He is now has a net worth of $12.7 billion. This puts him as the world’s 94th billionaire.
In terms of science and technology, he is the world’s 15th richest. Being only 44 years old, he is the 12th youngest billionaire in the world.
Where is he getting the money from? As he first started working with Tesla Motors and became the Product Architect, Elon was paid almost $80 million a year. But now, his salary has been only $1 a year since 2014.
You read it right: one dollar. He is among many top executives in both public and private sectors who decided to work with only one dollar salary. Steve Jobs and John F. Kennedy were also among the dollar-a-year people.
