jeff bezos and elon musk have a combined net worth of around 500 billion dollars
as impressive as they both are which one is the better billionaire let's start with
the easiest competition we can give these guys how much money do these billionaires
have this is actually the fiercest head-to-head competition the two businessmen have been fighting
jeff bezos was the first centi billionaire and was labeled the richest man in modern history
in 2018 when he hit 150 billion dollars when elon musk jumped to 200 billion dollars in september
of 2021 he became the richest man alive he has even joked that he was going to send jeff bezos
a silver medal in the mail joke's on him though because i bet he'd have to buy it on amazon
so where do the two mega billionaires land today well jeff bezos is worth 201.7 billion dollars as
of the time of this video and elon musk is worth 297 billion just to put that in perspective here's
how much that is in rice form numbers or rice are pretty simple so this one's a lot put a point on
the board for musk jeff bezos certainly knows how to buy houses like he's one of the richest
men in the modern world let's start big with his legendary record-shattering 165 million dollar
mansion in beverly hills it is an elegant 12 254 square foot home right off of sunset boulevard
the 8 bedroom 8-bedroom 10-bathroom brick home was built by warner brothers studios founder
harry warner in 1923. it's literally a piece of hollywood history that also features a koi pond
european gardens a waterfall and pool a game room and some of the best architecture in los angeles
i think the only way to top this house would be to literally build a mansion inside the hollywood
sign bezos is also obsessed with this fifth avenue building in new york he just dropped 16 million
dollars on a three-bedroom condominium which is the fifth time he purchased a whole floor of the
24-story building he spent well over 80 million dollars to acquire one of the nicest slices of
nyc real estate that has pretty much every amenity you could want though really it's got an amazing
view of the city he's likely to own all of one day the most impressive of his many properties
is the 78 million dollar 14-acre estate on the island of maui it has a 4 500 square foot main
house a 1700 square foot guest house and a 700 square foot pool surrounded by a volcano because
the giant estates in los angeles and new york weren't dramatic enough he's also got a 30 000
acre west texas ranch a classy 23 million dc home and a 10 million dollar spot in medina washington
knowing bezos i assume the first mansion on the moon is only about 10 to 15 years away
elon musk has also owned some of the nicest homes in the world but don't expect him to build a house
on mars anytime soon let's start with his 32 million dollar san francisco home the 16 000
square foot seven bed seven bath estate was built in 1912. it's one of the nicest homes you'll ever
see with a giant ballroom a grand library and one of the classiest kitchens ever made
he's also owned three bel air homes that are collectively worth 62 million dollars
one of which was a modern mansion sitting on 1.5 acres of prime california land with six bedrooms
and seven baths this seemed to be a cozy place for him to play music mess around with video games and
hang out with his five kids in style despite how amazing all of these homes are he's successfully
sold them all he has vowed to own no home so that he can focus his capital on all his mars dreams
supposedly he lives in a 50 000 pre-fabricated tiny house
honestly i think musk bowed out of this one when he moved into the tiny house i mean i know a lot
of people love tiny houses but this channel is called the richest not the smallest point bezos
so a guy like jeff bezos obviously has a lot of pressure on him to own an amazing car collection
he did rise to the occasion let's start with his limited edition koenigsegg cc xr trevita
by limited edition i do mean limited only two exists and one of them is owned by bezos that's
why it's worth 4.8 million dollars that and the diamond weave carbon fiber finish
the car has a top speed of 254 miles per hour and it'll go from zero to 60 in 1.9 seconds
it is the fastest car in his collection but not the most expensive now we have one of my
personal favorites and the first purchase when i become richest man in the world the bugatti veyron
mansouri there were three mansory editions ever built and there were only 200 veyrons made period
so the rarity of this car also adds to this 3.4 million dollars it can fly at speeds of 252 miles
per hour with a 0-60 speed of 2.5 seconds really though this one is all about that bugatti style
which for many is unmatched of course for many the unmatched style has only one name
lamborghini so bezos had to have at least one lambo his is the lamborghini venino roadster
worth five million dollars making it his most expensive only nine of these were ever built
which seems to be a big selling point for bezos it can fly down the highway at speeds
of 221 miles per hour and an acceleration time to hit 60 miles per hour in 2.9 seconds
one of the only remaining high profile brands on my jeff bezos bingo card is a ferrari bezos
hasn't disappointed in this regard either he's got a ferrari pin in farina sergio where three million
of which only six were built this car can hit 202 miles per hour with a 0-60 time of 2.8 seconds
finally we have the lykan hypersport worth 3.4 mil it can hit 245 with an acceleration of 2.8 seconds
it closes out what is truly a giant flex of a car collection this puts a lot of pressure on
elon musk because he's not only the richest man in the world but he also runs a car company so bring
it musk his first car was bought in 1994 when he purchased this 1978 bmw 320i for 1 400 i imagine
driving this clunker who'd seen its best days go by probably a decade before he bought it inspired
him to start a car company in my mind when one of the wheels came off after an accident in 1996
musk looked to the sky and vowed to make a better way to drive apparently musk's love of cars was
sparked long before he literally drove the wheels off of his first bmw he was given a book about
classic convertibles when he was 17. one of the cars the jaguar e-type was the one that held his
interest this sleek ride could go 151 miles per hour with a 0-60 time of 7 seconds at that time
he promised himself he would buy one a promise he would keep when he picked up one for only 40 000
when elon sold paypal he seriously leveled up his ride he started driving the rare mclaren f1
apparently as often as he could this doesn't surprise me because this sleek car can hit
231 miles per hour with a 0-60 of 3.2 seconds of course those high speeds are probably what
led to him wrecking the car beyond repair this made the apparent 1 million dollars he
dropped on it a complete loss since he didn't even insure it as far as tesla's go obviously
musk owns a few of their best he has the tesla model s luxury ride valued at roughly 92 000
and the tesla cyber truck worth around forty thousand dollars musk's silliest car by far is his
lotus esprit submarine car from double 07 the spy who love me while he purchased this for 920 000
mostly for its pop culture value he actually said he was going to try to make one for real you might
be able to drive your own tesla submarine not too far in the future his most impressive car in my
opinion is his ford model t this was the car that revolutionized the industry when it came out in
what better gift could you give someone who wants to shake up the automobile industry
so how do we rate these two against each other honestly the race here is pretty close
bezos has a lock on more modern cars but elon has some impressive classics honestly i think i
have to give this one to musk sure bezos has some of the fastest most impressive cars money can buy
but you can't beat a classic a jaguar a james bond spy car and a model t bezos may be able to take
him in a street race but musk's garage can't be beat just try not to wreck any more of them okay
these are two of the most extravagantly rich human beings living on earth today so naturally
we have to look at the crazy billionaire things that they've bought over the years
for starters elon owns a tesla ruby and diamond ring worth 37 thousand dollars this ring was made
by celeb jeweler ben baller especially for musk it is a beautiful piece of work and i'm not sure if
he's ever even worn it in public then there's his reportedly 70 million dollar private jet that was
custom made for the billionaire by gulfstream aerospace in 2015. it's a gulfstream g650er
apparently he needed a jet like this so that he could travel uninterrupted whenever necessary
there are four different luxury living areas to make this the most comfortable flight to relax
work or pass out until landing his new minimalist lifestyle has put a big block on his billionaire
spending now along with his homes he has also apparently sold most of his material possessions
say what you want about the man but he tends to go the extra mile on the other hand i
don't think jeff bezos has ever considered a minimalist lifestyle by far the craziest
billionaire thing bezos or possibly anyone has unveiled as a giant clock that ticks once a year
this 42 million dollar 500 foot tall mechanical clock is supposed to last for 10 000 years
apparently it was supposed to symbolize long-term thinking i think he needed help with short-term
thinking on this one in this particular case do we even need to go on i don't care how much
elon musk drops on jewelry or jets nothing tops a 42 million dollar yearly ticking clock
no one can compete with bezos in this arena in many ways bazel and musk are seriously trying
to become real world equivalents of fictional billionaires like lex luthor and tony stark
you know which one is which so when it comes to business which one is closer to comic book levels
of success in 1994 jeff bezos started what would become amazon.com out of a garage in his house
in washington state with a 250 000 loan from his parents originally the site was designed only to
be an online marketplace for books to compete with the likes of barnes noble he named the company
amazon after the largest river in the world to match his hopes of making the largest bookstore
in the world well he certainly did that but he also expanded the company to selling pretty much
everything else you could think of it launched original tech products like the fire phone the
kindle the amazon fire stick and more it has also acquired other companies like whole foods and
twitch it also launched a streaming service called amazon prime which makes original programming and
houses non-original programming now amazon is the most successful market retailer in the world
it has been valued as high as 314 billion dollars bezos resigned from amazon in july of 2021 but he
did so in a world where his drones are delivering packages and his website owns the holiday season
despite quite a few controversies that little garage company has gone on to change the world
as we know it whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is up to you to decide bezos has
also tangled with the washington post the shoe company zappos twitch and many other investments
i imagine he'll probably make an offer on the earth at some point if the disney corporation
hasn't beat him to it as far as elon's corporate life goes it wasn't quite the same rocket ship to
the top as jeff's was in 1995 he was one of the founders of what would come to be known as zip2
it was one of the many companies that helped adjust the world to the internet age by linking
advertisers and users then in 99 he founded x.com which eventually merged into paypal musk was
ousted in 2000 but still made a hundred million dollars when ebay purchased paypal so i say
it worked out in the end in 2003 he joined tesla motors a company focused on building electric cars
musk eventually became ceo and after a few major bumps in the road led the company to launching the
roadster in 2008 it was the first all-electric car that ran on lithium-ion battery cells
today tesla is worth 33 billion dollars and has completely changed the future of the auto industry
he's also got ventures going like solarcity tesla energy neuralink and the boring company that are
all big sci-fi concepts made real well hopefully real one day if the technology comes through
musk has certainly made sure the 21st century feels as exciting and futuristic as we all hope
it would before the millennium but is it enough why don't you ask barnes and noble ebay and now
even walmart what it's like to try and compete with amazon yeah no matter how cool tesla may be
there's absolutely no way this is even fair in this fight bezos is less lex luthor so
much as he is thanos with all the infinity stones throwing a moon called amazon at musk's tony stark
in 1957 the soviet union launched sputnik 1 and began a space race with the united states until
1975 when neil armstrong dropped a foot on the moon nowadays the space race has less about two
competing superpowers as much as it is about billionaires who want to make real life into
science fiction first we have spacex this is elon musk's 100 billion company that seeks to reduce
the cost of space travel hopefully the end goal of this company would be to travel to mars well the
end goal is probably to establish elon's martian empire but that's probably not for a few more
decades the company manufactures launch vehicles rocket engines spacecraft and satellites they've
had several highlights over the years that people obsessed with space travel have been talking about
non-stop first they launched the premier privately funded liquid propellant rocket to reach orbit
with falcon 1's 2008 ascent then they launched and recovered dragon in 2010 they sent dragon to the
international space station in 2012 they have been getting better and better at sending astronauts
into space and retrieving them right now they are working on something called starship a reusable
super heavy lift launch system that could hopefully achieve interplanetary space flight
starship gave them trouble with several failed attempts until it landed successfully in 2021
the company has also furthered the popularity of space tourism otherwise known as paid flights
by civilians to the stars their biggest goal they're working towards right now is sending
humans to mars for the first time in history musk is confident that he will have boots on the red
planet by 2026 probably the thing this company has achieved above all else is making the idea
of humans traveling to space cool again it's even taken over two-thirds of nasa's launches
most people probably don't know this but the jeff bezos founded blue origin
actually pre-dates spacex by two whole years it also was founded with the interest of
making space travel level expensive though with a lot less focus on landing on mars
despite many setbacks and delays it successfully flew its first crewed mission on july 20 2021 it
has its eyes set on the space tourism industry but isn't selling tickets quite yet jeff bezos william
shatner and michael straham have all had trips to space with a huge amount of press surrounding
each launch while mars is what's on elon's mind bezos is more focused on returning to the moon
in 2019 he revealed his plans for blue origin and its blue moon lander to be ready to go by 2024
they hope to put humans on the moon again for the first time since december of 1972
while blue origin is definitely starting to pick up steam this one is no contest both spacex's
accomplishments and their ambitions exceed origins in every way this is a no-brainer point for elon
so let me tally up those points uh-oh it seems like we have a tie why don't we use the standard
tiebreaker competition the first one to bribe me with a billion dollars wins i'll be waiting
mark zuckerberg is only worth 97 billion dollars
he's got no space program no car companies and no giant clocks it's like he's not even trying