The richest person in America is Elon Musk, with a net worth of $186.12 billion as of June 2023. Musk earned this colossal net worth from the multiple companies that he has co-founded, especially electric car company Tesla and spacecraft company SpaceX. Musk also co-founded the Boring Company, an infrastructure and tunnel construction services company, and he purchased social media giant Twitter in October 2022. Musk was finally able to overtake Jeff Bezos as the richest person in the U.S. in September 2021 after Bezos had held the title for the previous four years. Musk has also held the title of wealthiest person in the world multiple times as he and his fellow billionaires’ net worths continue to fluctuate. He regained the title from Arnault at the end of February 2023, but Arnault’s recent surge in net worth put him back on top the following month.
