Elon Musk Makes Texas Look Insanely Rich: The Real Estate Names Behind the Forbes 400

Everything is bigger in Texas. Apparently that now includes billionaire wealth. Texas residents appearing on the 2026 Forbes 400 include some of America’s biggest fortunes in technology, energy, retail, finance and real estate. But one number makes the Texas wealth story almost ridiculous. $908 billion. That was Forbes’ estimate of Elon Musk’s fortune when it calculated this year’s Forbes 400 rankings. Musk’s enormous wealth means any calculation involving Texas billionaires can quickly approach numbers that once seemed impossible. And Musk…

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