Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, with a net worth of $413.2 billion. He is the founder of firms including Tesla, SpaceX, and X. To put it in context, he’s worth more than Larry Ellison, the second richest person in the world, and his wealth is so great that it makes up about 1% of the US GDP. He also has more money than Tony Stark (Iron Man) and Bruce Wayne (Batman), who are both billionaires in comic books.
But he can’t beat one made-up character, King T’Challa of Wakanda, who is better known as the superhero Black Panther. T’Challa is worth an unbelievable $90 trillion because his country has exclusive access to a mythical metal called vibranium that is almost impossible to break. This means that T’Challa’s wealth is more than the US GDP for 2025.
Elon Musk is the king of riches in the real world, but he’s nothing compared to the monarch of Wakanda. This shows that sometimes, the craziest made-up stories are just too huge for actual life to contend with.