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Elon Musk Net Worth

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10 months ago

July 8, 2023

Daniel Wanburg

Elon Musk's Net Worth as of 2024
$21 billion

Elon Musk salary 2024
$37,584

Elon Musk was born on 28 June 1971, in Pretoria, Transvaal South Africa, to Canadian mother Maye, a dietitian and model, and South African electromechanical engineer Errol Musk. Elon is a noted entrepreneur and businessman, as well as an inventor, best known as the CEO and CTO of such international companies as SpaceX, Tesla Motors and SolarCity.

So just how rich is Elon Musk, as of early 2018? Authoritative sources estimate that his net worth is over $20 billion, accumulated through his several business activities during a career which began in the 1990s, and putting him in the top 50 richest persons in the world

Elon Musk Net Worth $21 Billion

Elon’s parents divorced when he was nine, and he lived with his father for the next 10 years. Musk’s career began when he first started programming at the young age of 10; he created his own software product – a BASIC-based video game he created called Blastar – and made a sale for $500 to PC and Office Technology magazine. When he was 18, Elon Musk moved to Queen’s University campus in Canada to study, but transferred to opted for business and physics at the University of Pennsylvania, but graduated in economics while he continued to studying a bachelor’s program in physics in order to obtain a PhD in energy physics later in life.

However, like several other rich people, he didn’t finish this degree, but instead Elon dropped out and launched his first company called Zip2, a web software company, in 1995 with his brother Kimbal. It was bought from him in 1999 by Compaq Computer for $307 million, plus stock options, of which Elon’s share was $22 million. The same year Elon founded another company called X.com, which specializes in financial services including payments – it later became what is now known as PayPal, which was bought by eBay in 2002 for roughly $1.5 billion in stock options. Obviously, Elon’s net worth was rocketing.

The third company that Elon Musk founded was the already mentioned SpaceX – Space Exploration Technologies Corporation in 2002; Elon had the intention of building a spacecraft purely for commercial reasons, effectively promoting private space travel. NASA signed a contract with Musk’s SpaceX in 2008, which states that NASA plans to transport cargo to the International Space Station.

By 2003 Must had also founded Tesla Motors, with the aim of developing, producing and selling affordable electric vehicles that are meant eventually for the mass-market. There is also a new concept that Elon developed in 2013 for a brand new type of transportation, which is called Hyperloop, and it is intended for travel at faster than 700 miles per hour in tubes between cities, and is already being tested.

In 2015, Elon launched OpenA1, an artificial intelligence (A1) company, basically not-for-profit and for widespread use “that is safe and beneficial to humanity”, as Musk says, aimed at devolving any potential concentration of power

Most recently, SolarCity was acquired by Musk through Tesla, Inc. in 2016, and is currently a wholly owned subsidiary. It was founded in 2006 by Lindon and Peter Rive, and by 2013 was the second largest provider of solar power systems in the US. Elon’s net worth seems sure to continue rising!

In his personal life, Elon Musk was married to Justine Wilson, a Canadian author, from 2000 to 2008; they had six sons, the first died from SIDS at 10 weeks, and subsequent twins and triplets were born through IVF. He was then married to Talulah Riley, firstly from 2010 to 2012, then from 2013 to 2016. Musk next dated Amber Heard, an American actress for a year, but is currently unattached. He is now an American citizen, and resides in Bel Air, California.

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Danny Bonaduce Net Worth

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1 day ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Dante Daniel Bonaduce was born on 13 August 1959, in Broomall, Pennsylvania USA, of Italian (father) and English (mother) descent. Danny Bonaduce is a well-known actor, TV and radio personality, wrestler and producer, perhaps still best known for his role of Danny in the popular ’70s TV series “The Partridge Family”.

So just how rich is Danny Bonaduce? Danny’s estimated net worth is now over $2.5 million dollars, accumulated over more than 40 years in various elements of the entertainment industry.

Danny Bonaduce Net Worth $2.5 Million

Danny Bonaduce rose to fame early in his life, when cast in “The Partridge Family”, in which Bonaduce, who was 11 at the time, played a bass-playing member of the family. The show was a huge success and brought the whole cast international fame. At that time, however, his personal life was far from glamorous; his co-workers noticed that Danny would often show up covered in bruises, and he confessed that he was abused by his father, script-writer and producer Joe Bonaduce. Members of the cast did their best to secure Bonaduce from his abusive family environment, but his difficult childhood and early fame eventually took its toll. The show ended in 1974 and the young actor was left with enormous amounts of money, a great start to his net worth, but no emotional stability. In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s the actor struggled with drug abuse which led to several arrests. His later addiction to alcohol was documented in the reality TV series “Breaking Bonaduce”. The cameras captured one of the most difficult period of his life, as he struggled with both alcohol and drug abuse and tried to save his marriage at the same time. Bonaduce also told his life story in his autobiography “Random Acts of Badness”, which also added to his net worth.

Luckily, the former child star managed to put his life back together, and continued to have a successful career in Hollywood. After appearing in numerous TV shows, such as “The Soup”, “I Know My Kid’s a Star” and “The Adam Carolla Show”, and then he started his own radio show. Thanks to his great sense of humour and distinct voice, he was successful on radio career in the 80’s. From 1994 to 1996 he hosted his own radio show “The Danny Bonaduce Show” on The Loop WLUP AM/FM. Later he became a host of a morning show on WKQI. Since November 2011.Bonaduce has hosted a morning talk/music show on radio station KZOK-FM in Seattle. Radio has been the most consistent source of income for Danny, managing to maintain a reasonable net worth.

In addition to being an actor and a radio host, Bonaduce is also a semi-professional wrestler, which has also helped to increase his popularity and net worth. He has wrestled many other public personalities and professional athletes in numerous charity events, the majority of which ended in Bonaduce’s triumph. He was also a part of the “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling” show.

In his persoanl life, Danny Bonaduce has been married three times, firstly to Setsuko Hattori(1985-88) and then to Gretchen Hillmer(1990-2007) with whom he has two children. Their complicated marriage was well documented on “Breaking Bonaduce”. He started dating his third wife Amy Railsback in 2007, and the couple married in November 2010. Bonaduce has admitted more than once that marriage has helped him to quit booze, and completely changed his life.

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Robert Kirkman Net Worth

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1 day ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Robert Kirkman was born on 30 November 1978, in Richmond, Kentucky USA. He is perhaps most widely recognized as the creator of “The Walking Dead”, both the comic series and some of the episodes of the famous horror TV series adaptation.

So how rich exactly is Robert Kirkman? Sources estimate his current net worth to be $20 million, most of his wealth being accumulated through his work as a comic book author, plus being one of the writers of the episodes of TV series “The Walking Dead” has also significantly raised his net worth.

Robert Kirkman Net Worth $20 Million

Robert Kirkman wrote his first successful comic book entitled “Battle Pope” in 2000 with the help of artist Tony Moore. It was a parody of the superhero genre mixed with Biblical symbolism and dark humor. Despite its controversial themes, the comic book ran successfully and in 2005 was reprinted by “Image Comics” in color and in 2008 “Battle Pope” became an animated series on “Spike” TV channel.

The second successful Kirkman’s project was a story about a superhero entitled “Invincible” which he created in 2003 with artist Cory Walker. In the same year he released another comic which raised Kirkman’s success and net worth to a whole new level. There were some problems when Kirkman tried to publish the first issues of “The Walking Dead” as zombies weren’t seen as something that audiences might enjoy. However, Robert managed to sell the first issue and the comic gained instant popularity. In 2010, “The Walking Dead” won the Eisner Award in the category of “Best Continuing series”. In the same year, the first episode of “The Walking Dead” apocalyptic horror TV series adaptation was released on AMC. Not surprisingly, Kirkman was chosen to work as one of the writers for the episodes of this show. In addition, as show gained increasing popularity, Kirkman has published three non-graphic novels of “The Walking Dead”, which were entitled “The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor” (in 2011), “The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury” (in 2012) and “The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor” (in 2013). Currently, Kirkman is one of the co-authors to the spin-off horror TV show “Fear The Walking Dead” which should be released in the summer of 2015.

In 2004, Kirkman started working for one of the biggest comic book publishing companies Marvel Comics, which also boosted Kirkman’s already impressive net worth. Kirkman is known for working on such popular comic book titles as “Avengers Disassembled”, “Jubilee”, “Fantastic Four”, “Ultimate X-Men”, “Marvel Team-Up” and “Irredeemable Ant-Man”. However, in 2008, Kirkman ended his associations with Marvel Comics and became one of the partners of Image Comics. Currently, Kirkman is working on a science fiction feature film entitled “AIR”, which is scheduled to be released in 2015 and will be the first film produced by Robert Kirkman.

In his personal life, Robert Kirkman is married and has two children, one of whom is named Peter Parker, after the famous superhero Spider-Man.