Elon Musk : world's richest man and 2021's highest paid CEO

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According to the Fortune 500 Elon Musk was the world's richest man and top-paid chief executive officer in 2021.

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Musk drew a salary of around $23.5 billion after he exercised some Tesla stock options awarded in a 2018 multiyear "moonshot" giant.

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Elon Musk, who leads SpaceX and Tesla and might soon own Twitter, as well, is at the top.

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