just saw elon musk worth hit $839 billion and apparently he's the first person ever to cross the $800B mark. like, that's insane. Forbes just updated their list for March and the gap between him and everyone else is absolutely wild—he's sitting $500B+ ahead of the second richest person. the crazy part is how fast this happened. his wealth jumped over $100B just since the start of this year alone. in the past month alone it went up by $64B. that's more money than most countries have. elon musk's net worth has been on this absolute tear since May 2024 when he locked in as the richest person. then he hit $500B in October, crossed $600B and $700B both in December, and now we're here at $800B+. all of this is basically because his companies keep getting valued higher and higher. the speed at which elon musk worth keeps climbing is honestly mind-bending. curious if he'll hit $900B by year end or if things stabilize for a bit