Will Elon Musk Largest Social Media Owner

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Will Elon Musk Largest Social Media Owner

Will Elon Musk Largest Social Media Owner

The speculation is ongoing these days related to Tesla chief Elon Musk and his Twitter link. He has been an active user on the microblogging site for the past couple of years and lately has become one of the largest stakeholders in it. It is now being debated whether he may buy Facebook.

The billionaires of some of the top social media platforms are together worth nearly half a trillion dollars, but data reveals only Musk and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has reached the $100 billion milestones.

Zuckerberg was the richest on the list of social media owners earlier this year and now with the entry of Musk he has been slipped to second place.

Musk is currently the richest person in the world and his net worth is about $282 billion. It is believed he may soon become the first man to touch the trillion-dollar mark. He has bought a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter lately. His other investment portfolio includes Tesla electric vehicles manufacturer and SpaceX space company.

The net worth of Zuckerberg is $79.6 billion and his investment includes Facebook, virtual reality, WhatsApp and Instagram. He is ranked as the 15th richest person in the world by Forbes. Lately, he is working on adding digital currency in his business portfolio.

Facebook is now under the umbrella of parent company Meta and Zuckerberg is working on the metaverse segment.

TikTok founder is the third richest person in the social platform segment. Zhang Yiming is from China and his net worth is about $49.5 billion. He is the 26th richest man in the world.

He started the TikTok venture in 2015 and the market valuation of the company is $250 billion. He simultaneously owns Toutiao, a news aggregator company.

Ma Huateng is the fourth richest man in the social segment. He is the owner of WeChat which was developed by Allen Zhang. Globally, he is the 33rd richest person. His net worth is $39.7 billion. His wealth comes from investments made in Tencent, Snapchat, Spotify and Tesla.

Pavel Durov is the 130th richest person with a net worth of $15.1 billion. He is the founder of Telegram, which is equipped with more than 600 million users.

About Elon Musk

Elon Musk is a business magnate. He is the founder of SpaceX and The Boring Company. He is the chief executive of Tesla. He is the richest man in the world. He is the co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.

The entrepreneur was born in 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. In 1995, he shifted to California, US. He first co-founded Zip2 with brother Kimbal Musk. The company was later acquired by Compaq in 1998 for $307 million. He thereafter co-founded X.com online bank in 1999 and the company was merged in 2000 with Confinity and formed PayPal.

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