If they sell the water sources of South Africa which Elon Musk drank from as a kid, you could have a unicorn (at least worth $1 billion USD) business. If that water came from a stream, then that stream may well be the most strategic investable asset in South Africa. Securing the rights to it, bottling it, and branding it as “Trillionaire Excel Aqua” will surely deliver alpha. Yes, the humans will not drink to quench thirst, but to join the league of billionaires and trillionaires, hoping that a sip could carry their destinies into higher coordinates of abundance.
And just like that, humans will place orders—not because they need water, but because they need a story, the narrative that Musk once drank from the same source. Today, as the wires report that Elon Musk has crossed $500 billion in net worth, the imagination shifts: when will he arrive at $1 trillion? The very thought of it redesigns what is possible in human enterprise.
Let me confess: I am a Scripture Union kid, but I am obsessed with the Forbes Billionaire List. That list inspires me. I see men and women who rose from nothing, and built castles of industry. Agree or disagree, it is the list that fires my imagination. People, money is a tool to fix the inconveniences of life. If I had it in tons, I would go to Abuja and ask the government for rights to build a deep seaport, connecting Akwa Ibom through Aba to Ovim. Around it, I will build a manufacturing hub where jobs are not privileges but rights. That is what capital can do—reshape nations and redesign societies.
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My day is coming. But for today, let us celebrate the age of Musk: “Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday became the first person ever to reach a net worth of nearly $500 billion, a landmark fueled by a rebound in Tesla’s shares and soaring valuations of his other ventures. According to Forbes’ billionaires index, Musk’s fortune stood at $500.1 billion as of 4:15 p.m. E.T., cementing his lead as the richest individual in modern history.”
In the Igbo Nation, we say, when one hand labors while the other refuses to help, the heart is not at peace. Wealth, like hands working together, is a tool; when capital joins with vision, destinies are transformed. Musk – congrats.
Elon Musk’s Net Worth Hits $500bn Following Tesla Board’s $1tn Compensation Plan
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