Elon Musk lost $52 billion in net worth since the year began, but he’s still the richest person in the world by a long shot.

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Elon Musk was again ranked the world's richest person in a new report released Tuesday, which estimated the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's net worth at $419.4 billion. The new "superbillionaire" report, first published by the Wall Street Journal via researcher Altrata,

Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post