New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has become the first individual to surpass $700 billion in net worth, according to Forbes' real-time billionaire ranking, as the Delaware Supreme Court decided to reinstate his substantial $56 billion pay package from Tesla in 2018.

The billionaire, with a net worth of $749 billion, surpasses the combined wealth of the next three tech billionaires on the list, including Google's Larry Page (worth $252.6 billion), Oracle's Larry Ellison ($242.7 billion), and Amazon's Jeff Bezos ($239.4 billion), according to the data. He exceeds Larry Page alone by nearly $500 billion.

Meanwhile, Musk's net worth stood at $642 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI).

The recent...