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Put a percentage of every paycheck into an index fund (ex: VTI) and sit on them for a few years. You too will have capital gains.

Average returns on index funds are 6%-8%/yr, compounding. They are a solid long-term investment.

Tesla is not Musk, yes companies are taxed differently than individuals. Notably by profit, not income.

Musk paid $11b in capital gains tax when he sold, that is how capital gains taxes work for everyone. Same as you and me.

Yep, that is how capital gains works for everyone, including you and me. You pay taxes on them when you sell, when you have income.

Try to set it so nobody owes anybody much. If you fall too short on withholding you can end up paying interest on the difference.

Not at all. Musk is well known for having paid over $11,000,000,000 in taxes in a single year.