Sxkadm Sharika Ali

As of 2025, Musk is consistently in a different league compared to other tech billionaires. While Larry Ellison and Mark Zuckerberg are incredibly wealthy at around $150-180 billion each, Musk typically trades the #1 and #2 global spots with Bernard Arnault in the $200-300 billion range. The key difference is concentration - Musk's wealth is heavily tied to Tesla's performance, while Ellison has Oracle plus diversified investments, and Zuckerberg has Meta. During tech bull markets, Musk often pulls ahead significantly because Tesla can have explosive growth periods. However, his wealth is also more volatile - a bad Tesla earnings report can wipe out $20 billion in a day, while Ellison's wealth is more stable. Zuckerberg has seen significant growth with Meta's AI and metaverse investments, but he hasn't reached Musk's peak levels consistently.

I tracked that dip closely - it was mainly a perfect storm of negative Tesla news converging in October 2025. Several things happened simultaneously: Q3 delivery miss - Tesla delivered 485,000 vehicles vs. 510,000 expected Chinese competition - BYD and other Chinese EVs gaining market share in Europe Autopilot investigation - NHTSA expanded their investigation into Tesla's FSD Macro factors - Rising interest rates hurting growth stocks overallThe combination knocked about $80 billion off Tesla's market cap at the lowest point. Since Musk's wealth is so concentrated, this had an outsized impact compared to more diversified billionaires. What's interesting is that SpaceX continued performing well during this period, but its private market valuation doesn't change daily like Tesla's public stock. The dip was relatively brief though - within a month, Tesla had recovered most of the losses as investors focused on their long-term growth story.