Elon Musk's latest Tesla pay valued at $158bn - but he can't pocket it

His net worth is currently estimated to be worth $651bn $788bn by Forbes . The respective estimates place his wealth far beyond that of other current or former big tech bosses, including Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Hewson said this status, and the wealth of his other numerous firms, means while Musk does not receive a salary for his work at Tesla, "he can certainly bide his time". His firm SpaceX is also poised to become one of the most valuable publicly traded companies in the world . The rocket-maker - which recently merged with Musk's AI startup and X parent company xAI - is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), which would allow its shares to be traded on the stock market. Musk has also been arguing in court over the direction taken , OpenAI, which he founded with its current boss Sam Altman in 2015. In sometimes testy exchanges with OpenAI's lawyers , and indeed the judge, he has argued Altman and fellow executive Greg Brockman "stole a charity" -generating initiatives he felt went against its founding mission. Sign up for our Tech Decoded newsletter to follow the world's top tech stories and trends. Outside the UK? Sign up here .

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