How to Use trillionaire in a Sentence
trillionaire
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What's one trillion between a trillionaire and his biggest fans?
—Oliver Renick, CNBC, 27 July 2026
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The arguably loudest voice among those crashing out happens to be the world’s first trillionaire.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026
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Shares jumped as high as $225 a share, briefly making Musk a trillionaire.
—Stephen Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
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Justine Musk, the trillionaire’s first ex-wife, will also feature.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026
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The downward drift of the stock means that Elon Musk is no longer technically a trillionaire.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 July 2026
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Diamandis pointed out the irony in the moment, as Musk had just become the world’s first trillionaire.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 29 July 2026
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Shares jumped 19% on their first day of trading in June, making Musk the first-ever trillionaire.
—Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
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The slump drove Musk’s net worth down by more than $50 billion, eliminating his status as a trillionaire.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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Musk became the world’s first trillionaire after his company SpaceX went public in June.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026
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That made Musk the world's first trillionaire, though his net worth has since fallen back below $1 trillion, according to Forbes.
—ABC News, 7 July 2026
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But Apple’s recent actions suggest the rules have some flexibility — at least when the world’s first trillionaire is involved.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2026
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The rocket-launch company raised tens of billions of dollars in the process on a wave of investor hype, turning Musk into the world’s first trillionaire, albeit briefly.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
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In June, SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
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This brings us to the heart of the episode, set hundreds of years in the past, where the trillionaire Per Stensen is explaining his silo plan to Daniel and Helen.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
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That has had a ripsaw effect on Musk, who is now vacillating between being the world’s first active trillionaire and the world’s first former-trillionaire.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 July 2026
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For a short period, the IPO also made owner Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, though his net worth now is about $800 billion.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
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Last month, Elon Musk became the country’s first trillionaire when his rocket, satellite, and telecommunications company, SpaceX, went public.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
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The rocket, satellite and AI company’s stock has fallen by roughly half since peaking in June shortly after an initial public offering that briefly made Musk the world’s first trillionaire.
—Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
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Among the most intriguing projects debuting within the category is Alex Gibney’s Musk, tracing the life of the titular SpaceX founder and trillionaire in an almost four-hour film.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
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The rocket company’s fundraising comes after rival SpaceX’s record $86 billion IPO, which made Elon Musk a trillionaire.
—Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
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The tech trillionaire made the statement on his social media platform X on Wednesday, just days after Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster version of the ancient Greek epic was released in movie theaters around the world.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
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Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Muskism examines how Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, by selling a vision of the future that very few people would want to inhabit.
—The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
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SpaceX’s record-breaking initial public offering last month briefly made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire and also created several other ultrawealthy Californians.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
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Elon Musk, the world’s first trillionaire, told The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minto Beddoes in a recent interview that money won’t matter in 2036.
—Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
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Elon Musk's SpaceX begins trading on the Nasdaq exchange on Friday with the biggest initial public offering in history expected to make the polarizing entrepreneur the world's first trillionaire.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
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On June 12, 2026, Elon Musk became the first trillionaire in history when SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq in the largest public offering ever recorded.
—Faustino Júnior, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
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Musk, who has held the world’s richest person title since May 2024, lost his trillionaire status last week after Forbes removed $116 billion of Musk’s restricted Tesla stock from estimates of his net worth.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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His net worth plummeted as SpaceX shares lost momentum after a record-setting IPO, and Musk briefly lost his trillionaire status after Forbes cut $116 billion of his restricted Tesla stock from estimates of his wealth.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
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The world’s richest person (and first trillionaire) had committed almost $71 million to Republican midterm efforts as of ATF’s count, followed by Wall Street financier Jeff Yass at more than $55 million.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 27 July 2026
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The company’s stock closed under $150 yesterday, its first day in the Nasdaq 100, for the first time since its June 12 IPO, possibly imperiling Elon Musk’s title as the world’s first trillionaire.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 8 July 2026
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