Elon Musk is the richest person in the world and the upcoming SpaceX IPO is set to make him even richer. Here's a look at Musk's wealth and just how far ahead he is of the everyday common man or woman.

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Musk's Net Worth Vs. Average Person

Benzinga previously shared a study comparing the Gutenberg printing press to the wealth of Elon Musk.

In that experiment, Benzinga calculated how much a person would have if they printed $1 million each day since the legendary invention was first introduced in 1440.

While it is illegal for a person to print money, the study tracked that $1 million times the 213,401 days since the printing press was invented at the time would yield $213.4 billion, falling short of the then $233 billion wealth of Musk.

Two years later, Musk is now worth $703 billion according to Bloomberg, and the extra days of printing $1 million would come even less close to catching the billionaire despite 586 years of printing $1 million a day.

While that exercise may have been less realistic given the number of years, here's another example of just how high Musk's net worth has become.

Taking the current net worth of $703 billion, it would take the average American 19.26 years (19 years, 95 days) making $100 million ...