7 ELON MUSK

The eccentric mogul has kept his name superglued to the headlines. In December, he beat a defamation suit filed by a British cave explorer he called a “pedo guy.” In May, as his rocket company, SpaceX, announced it had raised $346 million at a $35.9 billion valuation, he and singer Grimes had a child, his seventh. That same month, Musk tweeted that he was “selling almost all physical possessions,” “will own no house”—and followed up by putting seven California homes on the market. Tesla stock has increased more than sixfold since September 2019, adding some $48.1 billion, including two enormous option grants he received as part of a compensation plan, to his fortune.