Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Elon Musk just made history. The Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and SpaceX visionary officially became the first person to surpass $500 billion in net worth, a figure so enormous it exceeds the GDP of roughly 83% of the world's nations. Only about 28–32 countries boast economies larger than Musk's fortune, which dwarfs global heavyweights such as Japan, Germany, and India. Tesla: The $234 Billion Engine Behind The ...