Fawad Dhulipala (TRUER PINION AND WHEEL)

xAI's valuation has been skyrocketing and currently sits around $20-30 billion based on the latest funding rounds. This might seem small compared to Tesla's $500+ billion valuation, but it's becoming a meaningful component of Musk's net worth. Since he's the founder and largest shareholder, every increase in xAI's valuation directly boosts his personal wealth. What's interesting is how xAI and Tesla are increasingly interconnected - Tesla's AI and robotics efforts benefit from xAI's research, and vice versa. As artificial intelligence becomes more central to technology, xAI could eventually rival Tesla in importance to his overall wealth. The recent funding rounds have attracted major investors like Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, validating the company's potential. If xAI can compete effectively with OpenAI and Google in the AI race, this could add hundreds of billions to Musk's net worth over the coming decade.

It’s almost mind-blowing to think about, right? If Musk’s net worth ever hits $500 billion, it would really cement the idea that tech founders can dominate global wealth creation like no other sector. It would likely increase investor interest in AI, electric vehicles, and space tech, seeing Musk as the ultimate success story. On the flip side, it could also trigger debates around wealth inequality and how tech billionaires influence public policy.

The short answer is: it fluctuates a lot, and the difference between Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires List and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index can be quite substantial, often tens of billions of dollars, and occasionally even more than $100 billion! The core reason for this divergence lies in the different methodologies used to value his private holdings, primarily SpaceX and xAI. Public company stock (like Tesla) is easy to track, but each outlet uses different models, recent private funding rounds, and their own assumptions to estimate the value of his stakes in the private companies, which make up a huge chunk of his wealth. One index might use a newer, higher valuation for SpaceX than the other, creating the discrepancy. For example, as of October 2025, one might list him at $500 billion, while the other might be at $470 billion.