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Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n m ʌ s k /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and U.S. Special Government Employee, best known for his key roles in Tesla, Inc., SpaceX, and his ownership of Twitter. Musk is the wealthiest individual in the world; as of January 2025, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$426 billion.
The business magnate Elon Musk initiated an acquisition of American social media company Twitter, Inc. on April 14, 2022, and concluded it on October 27, 2022. Musk had begun buying shares of the company in January 2022, becoming its largest shareholder by April with a 9.1 percent ownership stake.
In 2010, Musk's calculations convinced him that the colonization of Mars was possible. [61] In June 2013, Musk used the descriptor Mars Colonial Transporter to refer to the privately funded development project to design and build a spaceflight system of rocket engines, launch vehicles and space capsules to transport humans to Mars and return to ...
Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, and OpenAI: The story behind the hand delivery of the first AI supercomputer ‘to unlock the powers of superhuman capabilities’ Paolo Confino February 22, 2024 at 10:28 AM
In March 1999, [15] Musk co-founded X.com, an online financial services and e-mail payment company with $12 million of the money he made from the Compaq acquisition. [16] X.com was one of the first online banks that was federally insured, and over 200,000 customers joined in its initial months of operation.
Still, Elon Musk’s announcement on Monday turned heads in the small community of scientists who have spent decades working to treat certain disabilities and conditions by tapping directly into ...
Since taking control of Tesla in 2008, Musk has relied on several executives to help make it the biggest EV manufacturer in the world. One top Musk lieutenant is Omead Afshar, a former ski ...
According to the Wall Street Journal, in September 2018, the company's stock fell to its lowest price in a year, around the time that CEO Elon Musk smoked marijuana during a live TV interview. [177] As of December 31, 2019, Musk owns 38,658,670 Tesla shares or 20.8% of the company. [178]