The quirky amount Tesla CEO Elon Musk makes per hour

When talking about one of the most talked about and flamboyant people in the automotive industry, the name Elon Musk immediately springs to mind. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is strange to say the least, but also brilliant at the same time. Especially when you look at the financial picture.

While Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon) was the richest man alive for years, at the time of writing that title goes to Elon Musk. How much money does the entrepreneur have, how much does he earn per day and perhaps even better: what is his hourly wage?

Elon Musk: The richest man in the world

Although health is of course the true wealth of a person, we also like to talk about money. Let’s face it: money is a lot of fun. Especially when the bizarre amounts are flying around you. We’d rather have it in the bank account, but hey.

In that regard, alongside his impressive work, Elon Musk is an interesting person to take a closer look at. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has always had a lot of money, but since 2018 things have gotten very colorful. Corresponding forbes The businessman was worth about $19 billion four years ago. A value that he was able to hold reasonably well in 2019 ($22.3 billion) and 2020 ($24.6 billion).

However, as of 2021, things got wild and Elon Musk’s fortune soared like a returning rocket (mwuhaha). Last year, the businessman was worth a whopping $151 billion. An amount that was exceeded again in 2022. The CEO is currently worth more than $262 billion.

That’s how much he earns per day, hour and second

Of course, Elon Musk isn’t paid per day. However, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX would make a bizarre sum in this regard. For these numbers, we use the first quarter of 2022, in which the Tesla CEO managed to make $23 billion in sales in 69 working days.

With those numbers in mind, Elon Musk would have a daily salary of $333.33 million per day. Since he mostly comes from Tesla stock, we calculate his hourly wage as 6.5 hours per day. These are the times when the New York Stock Exchange is open. In this case, Musk takes an hourly wage of $51.3 million. That’s $855,000 per minute and $14,250 per second.