Elon Musk Gets $10 Billion Richer As Tesla Stock Rallies On ‘Mea Culpa' —Despite Brutal Earnings

  • The world's richest person got much richer Wednesday as shares of Elon Musk's car company Tesla soared following the company's first-quarter earnings update—which offered little encouragement in its traditional financial results, but gave investors what they long yearned for: Musk recommitting to Tesla after months of paying his near undivided attention to the White House.