Elon Musk's Journey

1. 1995
   Co-founded Zip2

   Started his first company, the web-software firm Zip2, with his brother Kimbal.

2. 1999
   Founded X.com

   After selling Zip2, he founded the online bank X.com, which became PayPal.

3. 2002
   PayPal sale & SpaceX

   eBay acquired PayPal; Musk used the proceeds to found the rocket company SpaceX.

4. 2004
   Invested in Tesla

   Led an early investment in Tesla and joined as chairman of its board.

5. 2008
   Became Tesla CEO

   Took over as Tesla's CEO; SpaceX reached orbit with the Falcon 1.

6. 2022
   Acquired Twitter

   Bought Twitter for about $44 billion and later renamed it X.

7. 2023
   Founded xAI

   Launched the artificial-intelligence company xAI.

8. Today
   Ranked #1 in the world

   Elon's net worth is an estimated $417.59B, updated in real time from public holdings.

Milestones are drawn from widely-reported public history. Dates reflect well-documented events; net worth is a real-time estimate.