Elon Musk to Become the World’s Richerest Man

There he goes afterwards.

Elon Musk, the hyperkinetic designer of recyclable launch vehicles and ships (yea! ), electric cars ( boo! ), and the occasional underground highway ( what? ) — is, on most nights, the richest man in the world. With France’s Anrault community closing in, he and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos are locked neck-and-neck for that subject.

According to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List, Musk is currently in the top 20 with about$ 220 billion, and Bezos is not far behind with$ 212 billion. If it were n’t for Bezos’s questionable investments in kitschy cowboy hats and AVN Awards attire for his girlfriend, Lauren Sánchez, he’d probably be up somewhere around$ 240 billion. &nbsp,

But that’s immediately. According to a late on Wednesday report from Bloomberg, Musk will probably destroy the competition with a sale of SpaceX insider shares that will raise his net worth by untold billions more. Share prices were reportedly at$ 97 when Bloomberg first reported on a potential private sale in December, at an estimated$ 80 billion valuation for the business.

He’ll be the world’s richerest guy. That’s a term then, I assure you.

It’s been a very good six months or so for SpaceX since that first report, yet. Monday, the company was awarded a substantial$ 843 commitment to de- circle the International Space Station. A new SpaceX” space tug” will maneuver the ISS out of orbit before it burns up in the atmosphere. It wo n’t be operational until 2030. Any remaining pieces of art should be carefully hit in the most barren regions of the South Pacific. &nbsp,

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Given that NASA may manage the goal, and that the tug will be based on the well-known Dragon 2 goods vehicle, Musk ought to have no trouble getting it there on time and for a reasonable price.

The company’s Starlink low earth orbit internet service, which launched late last year, is anticipated to generate$ 600 million in positive cash flow this year. Starlink continues to recruit new customers all over the world, and one researcher just described the rise of the SpaceX project as “nothing quick of mind-blowing.”

Most important for the business going forth, they’ve had two ahead- moving flight testing of the Next Big Thing in flight, the SpaceX Starship, with another one cautiously set for the first week of July. If Starship succeeds as planned, it could reduce the launch cost into orbit from about$ 1, 000/kilogram ( 2.2 pounds ) for a Falcon Super Heavy to maybe as low as$ 10/kilogram. &nbsp,

The cheapest method to launch large amounts of large into space is now Falcon Heavy. Starship could conquer that by two orders of magnitude, opening up storage for… also… nearly any and everyone. &nbsp,

Put all those things up, and what do you get?

Those insider shares are now expected to go for$ 112 at a SpaceX valuation of$ 210 Billion. The company is n’t going public, so this new tender will be for only some small ( ish? ) tenth. Still, as the majority owner, Musk stands to add to his considerable ( ahem ) net worth.

I’m a lifelong space nut, so I’d love to own just one share, primarily for sentimental reasons ( Longtime Sharp VodkaPundit ReadersTM know that I’m a lifelong space nut ) and for bragging rights. Alas, I am not an outsider.

But if you happen to understand someone, or even just know someone who knows somebody… this speak.

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