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10 things Elon Musk can — but probably won’t — do with $1 trillion

With a trillion dollars, Elon Musk could end hunger, house everyone, and help cure cancer. Emphasis on could. | Adam Gray/Bloomberg It’s official. Elon Musk is now the world’s first-ever trillionaire, after his rocket ship company SpaceX’s record-shattering $2 trillion debut on the NASDAQ last Friday. With a mind-numbing net fortune of $1.4 trillion that is growing by the day, Musk is now worth more than the entire economy of Switzerland. He is more than 13 times as wealthy as Bill Gates, and if you are anywhere near middle class, he is over 11 million times wealthier than you. He’s r...