Grok Says Elon Musk Is The Closest Person To Becoming A Trillionaire

Nope, there aren't any trillionaires in the world yet—as of February 2026, the richest person is Elon Musk with a net worth around **seven hundred seventy-five billion** dollars, according to the latest Forbes updates.

He's the closest by far, thanks to massive jumps from Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, but he's still short of that one-trillion mark. Everyone else is way behind—next ones are in the two hundred fifty to three hundred billion range.

Here's a shot of the guy leading the pack right now:

And another recent one for good measure:

To put the growth in perspective, wealth at the top has skyrocketed over the years—check out this older chart showing the trend (it's only up to 2022, but the pattern's continued):

And here's a fun visual of what a trillion dollars might look like stacked up—insane scale:

Experts say Musk could hit trillionaire status as soon as late 2026 or 2027 if SpaceX IPOs big or Tesla keeps climbing, but right now? Still "just" a mega-billionaire. Wild times.