People protest against SpaceX’s IPO outside a JPMorgan Chase office in New York, USA, June 12, 2026. EFE\/SARAH YENESEL<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
New York, June 12 (EFE) \u2013 UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres maintains that Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire “highlights the problem of inequality.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His spokesperson, St\u00e9phane Dujarric, explained this on Friday at his daily press briefing, following the initial public offering (IPO) of SpaceX, Musk’s aerospace company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This highlights the problem of inequality,” the spokesperson stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that it also underscores “the responsibility of those on the privileged side of that inequality to do everything in their power to provide support everywhere.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire on Friday after SpaceX’s IPO, the largest in history, which boosted the company’s market capitalization to over $2.2 trillion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although he was already the world’s richest person before SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO), his stake in that company is valued at over $766 billion, in addition to his stake in Tesla, estimated at around $279 billion, according to CNBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The transaction would have boosted Musk’s net worth to over $1.05 trillion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His becoming the first person in the world to reach that figure had already reignited the debate about inequality, as noted by Dujarric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Musk’s fortune is comparable to the economies of Taiwan and exceeds the GDP of countries like Switzerland or the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An analysis by the NGO Oxfam revealed that with this new milestone, he is now richer than the poorest 46% of the world’s population, some 3.8 billion people.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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