#143 – Elon Musk & Deal Flow

Good morning everyone,

Hope you’re having a great week!

Here are 5 things I found interesting over the past few days.

Let’s jump in.

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#143 – The Rundown:

• Quote: Praise & peace of mind.

• Podcast: Sweat Capital January Recap.

• Interesting Phenomenon: The most striking illustration of Elon Musk’s wealth.

• Hack: MergerLoop newsletter.

• Tweet: Things AI can’t replace.

Quote:

Podcast:

Sweat Capital January Recap

It's been a big start to 2026 at Sweat Capital, and there's a lot to catch up on.

In this monthly recap, Charlie, Will, and I discuss:

• Charlie & Will’s experience attending the Future Minerals Forum in Saudi Arabia

• The reality of locking in interviews at one of the biggest conferences in the world

• What it’s really like to work and live in the Middle East and the incredible opportunities that exist

• Interviewing Darren Lockyer and Grant Wechsel ahead of the London Broncos season opener in the UK

• The appeal of investing in sport

• Riding quad bikes in the sand dunes in Dubai

• Favourite lessons we’ve learned from guests

• The boys moving from Brissy to Sydney

• Will’s exciting new career update

We hope you enjoy and thank you so much to everyone for all of your support!

Means the world.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.

[Duration: 52 minutes]

(P.S. I made a Spotify playlist with every podcast I’ve ever recommended. Hope they bring you as much value as they’ve brought me.)

Interesting Phenomenon:

The Most Striking Illustration of Elon Musk’s Wealth

I recently came across a statistic pertaining to Elon Musk’s wealth and safe to say, it absolutely blew my mind.

So I felt compelled to share with you all:

Even if you earned US$500,000 every single day since the time of Jesus, you still would not have accumulated a net worth equal to Elon Musk’s peak wealth.

That’s over $700,000 AUD every single day for over 2,000 years.

Let’s break that down.

Take 2026 years.

2026 years × 365.2 days per year = 739,895 days in total

Total Wealth = 739,895 × US$500,000 = $369,947,500,000

Or ~US$370 billion.

Elon Musk’s net worth fluctuates massively with Tesla/SpaceX stock, but in recent years it has frequently sat around or above $400 billion at peaks.

So, even if you earned US$500,000 every single day since the time of Jesus, you still would not have accumulated a net worth equal to Elon Musk’s peak wealth.

Something about that illustration is just wild to me.

Incomprehensible figures.

Hack:

MergerLoop Newsletter

After some recent reforms, the ACCC is now required to make M&A activity more visible in Australia by publishing key parties, structure, and details from deal notifications.

MergerLoop summarises them all within a weekly newsletter.

Free to subscribe. 1 email per week.

It’s been a very useful addition to my inbox – very empowering to know which deals are happening in Australia and where capital is flowing.

Check it out here.

Tweet:

Things AI Can’t Replace

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