🇺🇸 영어 원문
Technology mogul Elon Musk, boss of SpaceX, Tesla and X (formerly Twitter), has become the world's first trillionaire. For some time Musk has been, or at least never far from being, the world's richest person.
He became the first person to achieve a net worth of more than half a trillion dollars (£370.9bn) in October 2025, according to Forbes. A month later, Tesla shareholders approved a record-breaking pay deal that could be worth $1 trillion.
But in June 2026, Musk's net worth soared past billionaire to trillionaire status after his rocket-builder and satellite operator SpaceX, which also owns X, Grok and Starlink, went public. The SpaceX boss has used his social media platform to air his views on a vast array of topics, ranging from current affairs to the future of humanity.
His forays into politics have become more frequent in recent years, and include helping Donald Trump win the 2024 US presidential election, to the frustration of some investors. Musk has since also taken an interest in UK matters – drawing scrutiny as well as criticism from some politicians, including the Prime Minister, for both his views and the way X influences the public debate and mood.
Born in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk showed his talents for entrepreneurship early, going door-to-door with his brother selling homemade chocolate Easter eggs and developing his first computer game at the age of 12. He has described his childhood as difficult, affected by his parents' divorce, bullying at school and his own difficulty picking up on social cues because of Asperger's Syndrome.
At the earliest opportunity, he left home for college, moving to Canada and then the US, where he studied economics and physics at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League college. In a 2010 essay for Marie Claire, his first wife, Justine Musk, a writer whom he met in college and married in 2000, wrote that even before making his millions Musk was "not a man who takes no for an answer". "The will to compete and dominate, that made him so successful in business, did not magically shut off when he came home".
🇰🇷 한국어 요약
엘론 머스크는 테슬라, 스페이스엑스, X(구 트위터) 의 사장으로서 세계 최초로 1 조 달러 (트릴리언) 의 자산을 가진 사람이 되었습니다. 2025 년 10 월에는 5 천억 달러를 넘겼고, 2026 년 6 월에는 스페이스엑스가 상장되면서 트릴리언어 (조백만장자) 가 되었습니다. 머스크는 사회 문제에 대한 의견을 자유롭게 표출하며 정치에도 관여하는 편인데, 이는 일부 투자자나 정치인들의 비판을 받기도 합니다. 남아프리카공화국에서 태어난 그는 어린 시절부터 entrepreneurial(기업가 정신) 이 뛰어났으며, 어릴 적 학교 생활이 힘들었고 아스퍼거 증후군으로 사회적 신호를 이해하는 데 어려움을 겪었다고 합니다. 펜실베이니아 대학에서 경제학과 물리학을 공부한 그는 경쟁과 지배에 대한 의지가 성공의 원동력이었다고 합니다.
🔑 핵심 단어 (Vocabulary)
- Net worth – 순자산 – He became the first person to achieve a net worth of more than half a trillion dollars.
- Trillionaire – 조백만장자 (자산이 1 조 달러 이상인 사람) – Musk's net worth soared past billionaire to trillionaire status.
- Entrepreneurship – 기업가 정신 – Musk showed his talents for entrepreneurship early.
- Scrutiny – 세심한 감시, 심사 – He is drawing scrutiny as well as criticism from some politicians.
- Asperger's Syndrome – 아스퍼거 증후군 (자폐 스펙트럼 장애의 일종) – He had difficulty picking up on social cues because of Asperger's Syndrome.
- Ivy League – 아이비 리그 (미국 명문 사립 대학 연합) – He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League college.
- Shareholders – 주주 – Tesla shareholders approved a record-breaking pay deal.
- Satellite – 인공위성 – SpaceX is a satellite operator.
- Politics – 정치 – His forays into politics have become more frequent.
- Dominance – 지배, 우위 – The will to compete and dominate made him successful.
🔗 원문 링크
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r1975ded7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss