Which is not to take away from Musk’s vast influence—aside from leading the charge at Tesla, the father of six continues holds the chairman position of the Musk Foundation, which supports research renewable energy and advocacy, human space exploration, pediatrics, and science and engineering education.

Tesla has already been named the most valuable automaker in the world, in spite of the fact that the electric vehicle marque only produces a handful of vehicles in comparison to industry leaders like Toyota and General Motors making it no surprise that the stock is still anticipated to mature further.

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This year in particular has been a very good year for the Tesla CEO—not only has the stock grown by approximately 524 per cent but it resulted in an added US$100 billion to his reported wealth—a growth percentage that, according to Bloomberg, is completely unprecedented.