>Consider this: Elon Musk at peak of his wealth had more money than all the residents of Massachusetts (itself quite a wealthy state) combined, by a significant margin.

There is no way this is true. Just this list alone is probably $100B, and there are 7M people in Massachusetts, and including many with net worths in the millions.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/these-are-the-16-riches...