Saturday, June 27, 2026

Running the numbers on Elon Musk

Musk’s net worth as a trillionaire has been calculated as worth five million times as large as the average American family.


If the trillion dollars were converted into $100 bills, how high would the stack be?  679 miles high.


Musk’s stated goal:  To be worth $10 trillion.


How many children does Musk have?  14


How many women had those children?  Four different women.


If Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks, making $39 million a year, were to equal a trillion dollars, how many seasons would he have to play?  More than 25,000 seasons.


How many people are estimated to have died as a result of Musk’s DOGE cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development?  600,000, many of them children.  (Musk’s 14 children were not affected.)


Some of these statistics are from David Lay Williams, “Musk Confirms Ancient Concerns About the Superrich,” New York Times, (21 June 2026),  p. SR 5.

 

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