Elon Musk has become the first person to reach a net worth of $500bn, bringing the Tesla chief executive halfway to trillionaire status.

Musk’s wealth temporarily crossed the half-trillion mark on Wednesday before retreating to $499bn, according to the Forbes billionaires list.

Musk owns 12% of Tesla, which is worth more than $1.5tn, and his wealth has been boosted this year by surge in the electric carmaker’s share price.

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      4 hours ago

      But he continues paying random women to have his kids because they all start hating him after a while, and apparently 13 tries hasn’t been enough for him to notice the one thing in common with all of them.

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        I don’t think he cares all that much if they like him as long as they disseminate his precious genes and tolerate the idiotic names.