Elon Musk has recently returned to the coveted top spot as the richest man in the world.
The Telsa mogul has had a busy year in the eye of the media following his recent take over Twitter and high-profile efforts to further SpaceX’s achievements in the far reaches of Earth’s atmosphere.
He’s reached a massive net worth of $192billion (154bn) according to Bloomberg Billionaires tally, leapfrogging LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault.
The owner of around 13% of Tesla’s lauded stock, Musk caused a dip in his crazy cash cache when he bought Twitter last year.
While no stranger to great big stacks of cash, Musk is also no stranger to great big Twitter spats, great big headlines and controversies.
A man who is rarely out of the press for long, Musk’s return to the top spot of the global rich list is a familiar sight after years of rolling with the big boys.
With that in mind, take a look at some of the weirdest and wildest moments in the maverick’s career.
Tesla’s different models, Model S, Model 3 and Model X spell out S3X
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He made a post on Twitter about how to end the war in Ukraine
Then was told to "f*** off" by a Ukrainian diplomat in the replies
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Putin wanted to fight Elon Musk in "single combat"
Shockingly, it didn’t happen
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He and popstar partner Grimes called their child X Æ A-12 Musk
Then changed it to X Æ A-Xii because you aren’t allowed numbers in names in California
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He constantly mucks about with his Twitter profile and even once switched his name to Elona
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Smoking weed on the Joe Rogan Experience
Clips from the episode continue to go viral
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He appeared in the Marvel film Iron Man 2 with Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark
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Musk sent his car into space
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket was launched in 2018 and Musk put his own car on board with a dummy in the driver’s seat
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He bought Twitter for $44billion and caused chaos
He changed various parts of the site, sacked loads of senior staff and caused concerns the company was going to struggle.
He even turned up on his first day with a kitchen sink
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His relentless stream of strange tweets, including about Shrek
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