Almost 50 billion dollars, i.e. slightly less than the loan granted by the G7 countries to Ukraine. But all in the hands of one person. Elon Musk won the match with the shareholders, obtaining confirmation of the maxi stock option compensation package of 56 billion approved in 2018 and which has now dropped to 48 billion. A monstrous sum that could help resolve many emergencies if invested in charity. To give just one example, the R21 malaria vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India costs about $4 per dose. Considering that there are around 1.4 billion people in Africa, just over a tenth of what Musk earned would be enough to vaccinate them all.
What Musk could buy with almost 50 billion
The sum received by the Tesla founder is in shares, which will certainly not be sold for cash. But what could he buy if, ironically, he decided to do so? Several American sites have enjoyed answering this question with the most absurd hypotheses. With his new compensation, for example, Musk could buy almost half a million Tesla cybertrucks, naturally we are talking about the top of the range version.
He can remake the Iron Man trilogy 90 times
The Tesla founder is an Iron Man enthusiast, he even starred in the second film of the Marvel trilogy, playing himself. Whereas, according to IMDB, the trilogy had a total budget of around $540 million. Musk could remake those movies nearly 90 times.
From private islands to Manhattan penthouses
With over 48 billion dollars in treasure, you can buy up to 640 private islands, assuming that they have a similar price to Pumpkin Key, a 26-acre private island in the Florida Keys, which on the Sotheby’s International Realty website is currently listed at selling for 75 million dollars. If he wanted to invest in New York real estate instead, he could buy almost 250 luxury penthouses in Manhattan. The tallest and most expensive penthouse in the world, located 431 meters high in New York’s Central Park Tower, is on sale for 195 million dollars.
A fleet of Boeings or three aircraft carriers
If instead he wanted to focus on airplanes, he could buy a huge fleet of Boeing 737 Max 7 jets, considering that they cost around 100 million dollars he could buy hundreds of them. Of course, delivery may take quite some time. Similar speech for the “Trump Force One”, the former American president had said that he had paid 100 million dollars for his personal Boeing 757. With the new bonus Musk could create a personal fleet of around 480 planes. Alternatively, the founder of Space X could focus on cutting-edge aircraft carriers from which to launch his private jets. The USS Gerald R. Ford with a length of 337 meters and a total weight of almost 100,000 tons fully loaded is the largest and most expensive aircraft carrier in the world (13 billion dollars). With his 48.9 billion Musk could buy three of them and he would still have almost 10 billion left over.
400 works by Picasso
If instead he wanted to focus on works of art, he could purchase an entire art gallery of Picasso’s works. In November last year, the artist’s masterpiece “Woman with a Clock” was sold at auction at Sotheby’s in New York for 139.3 million dollars, the second highest price ever achieved by the artist. Musk could buy more than 340 works of the same value.
