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Every line item, every source, every assumption. The number on the front page is the sum below — public positions repriced live, private marks pinned to their last round. Last methodology review: June 12, 2026 (SPCX IPO day).
2008 near-death checkHISTORICAL · SOURCE-BACKED
TRUE, WITH NUANCE
The app now treats the 2008 story as a sourced historical fact, not a meme. The careful wording is: Musk was reportedly broke and in debt while both Tesla and SpaceX were close to failure; Tesla itself showed severe financial distress, but this is not the same as saying Musk filed for personal bankruptcy.
Tesla: $9.277M cashCash and cash equivalents at Dec 31, 2008 in Tesla's 2010 S-1.
Tesla: $82.782M lossNet loss for 2008 in the same S-1.
Tesla: $54.7M notesConvertible notes outstanding at Dec 31, 2008, including emergency December financing.
SpaceX: $1.6B NASA CRSNASA OIG documents the 2008 CRS award for 12 ISS resupply missions.
SpaceXSPCX · PUBLIC AS OF TODAY
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5.25B shares × — live
Per the IPO prospectus, Musk holds ~5.25B share-equivalents at his ~42% economic stake, including SpaceX, xAI (merged Feb 2026 at a $250B xAI mark), and X Corp (absorbed by xAI March 2025). At $135 IPO, that's worth $708B; CNBC reported $866.5B using a more aggressive ~6.4B share-equivalent count that includes pledged convertibles. We use the conservative 5.25B. IPO: $135/sh, $1.77T fully-diluted valuation, Nasdaq, June 12 2026.
TeslaTSLA · PUBLIC
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413M trust × — + 304M options × max(0, — − $23.34)
~413M common shares (Revocable Trust) plus 304M options from the 2018 package, restored by the Delaware Supreme Court in Dec 2025. The 2025 CEO Performance Award adds up to 423.7M more, vesting on Tesla market-cap milestones ($2.0T–$8.5T). All 12 tranches currently unvested. Aggregate ~$7B exercise cost on the 2018 options not netted; flagged here instead of hidden.
The Boring CompanyPRIVATE · STATIC MARK
$6.3B
~90% × $7.0B estimated mark
Last priced round: $5.675B (Series C, Apr 2022). $7B reflects secondary-market estimates since; we hold it static and label it. Refreshed only when a new round prices.
NeuralinkPRIVATE · STATIC MARK
$4.5B
~50% × $9.0B (Series E, Jun 2025)
$650M Series E (June 2025) at a $9B valuation. Musk's exact stake is undisclosed; ~50% is the consensus estimate and it moves the total by <0.5% either way.
Cash & other liquid
$5.0B
Estimate. He sold ~$40B of TSLA in 2021–22 (taxes + the X acquisition consumed most of it) and famously calls himself "cash poor." Anything between $2B and $10B changes the headline number by a rounding error.
Margin loans & liabilities
−$7.5B
Estimate of TSLA pledged-share-backed borrowings and other personal liabilities. Most outlets net some version of this; the actual number is undisclosed.
Why our number ≠ Forbes ≠ Bloomberg
Forbes prints ~$1.10T; Bloomberg ~$1.11T (June 2026). They apply liquidity discounts, net out option exercise costs and estimated taxes, and reprice once daily. We show gross paper math, repriced every tick, and tell you exactly that. Transparent > conservative.
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NOT AFFILIATED WITH ELON MUSK. NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. ESTIMATES ONLY — PUBLIC + PRIVATE VALUATIONS COMBINED. TSLA + SPCX VIA FINANCE FEED (1–2S EDGE CACHE), PRIVATE MARKS PINNED TO LAST PRICED ROUND.