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Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk gets in a Tesla car as he leaves a hotel in Beijing, China May 31, 2023. (Reuters File)

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday became the first person in history to achieve a net worth of nearly $500 billion, according to Forbes’ billionaires index.

Musk’s net worth stood at $499.5 billion as of 3:43 p.m. E.T.

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(Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)

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