Musk‘s wealth number is impressive, but most of it is in Tesla stock. If Musk decides to cash out, that number will surely go down. It’s a supply and demand kinda thing.
It’s sort of like my extensive Pet Rock collection. Worth maybe $8 total now. Worth a lot less if I put it all on the market at once.
not if he negotiated a buy out of all his shares to someone.
There are ways of going about it.
Gates, Bezos, Paul Allen have been doing it for years without much of a problem. Musk has been known to use his stock to guarantee and get personal bank loans.