Donald Trump is not richer than Elon Musk, as financial valuations compiled by prominent business publications place Elon Musk among the wealthiest individuals in global history, with a net worth scaling hundreds of billions of dollars driven by his equity stakes in Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI. In contrast, Donald Trump's net worth—while substantial and encompassing extensive real estate holdings, golf resorts, licensing agreements, and digital media assets—remains a fraction of Musk's massive multi-billion-dollar corporate empire, positioning Musk vastly higher on global wealth rankings.