Elon Musk has become the world's first ever trillionaire [following / followed] the initial public offering (IPO) of his rocket company SpaceX. The IPO [in / on] Wall Street added nearly $870 billion to Mr Musk's wealth. He has [massive / amassed] almost $290 billion from Tesla. He also has [eye-watering / eye-level] equity in X, Neuralink, and the Boring Company. Musk is now [worth / wealthy] more than the world's next four richest individuals [combination / combined] . The bulk [at / of] Musk's unfathomable wealth is tied [over / up] in stock holdings across these business ventures, rather than in cash. SpaceX's IPO was the largest [in / on] history, raising $75 billion. It surpassed the [previous / impervious] record of $29.4 set by the oil company Aramco in 2019.
Elon Musk is a super-entrepreneur. He made his initial fortune [on / by] helping to create PayPal. That [snared / netted] him about $176 million, which he used to start SpaceX in 2002, and invest [on / in] Tesla. SpaceX pioneered the reuse of rocket [boosters / boasters] and now dominates the space travel industry. It accounted [to / for] more than half of all rocket launches last year. The company also has 10,000 Starlink satellites in [orbital / orbit] . Musk's aspiration is to "make [life / live] multiplanetary". He wants anyone to be able to travel to space. At the IPO, he said: "[Whoever / Whomever] you are watching this, SpaceX wants to be able to take you to the Moon, take you to Mars, and ultimately [behind / beyond] ." He added: "Not just a few astronauts, I mean [literally / literal] you."
