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Businessman Harold "Matt" Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Elliot and Ruth Handler founded Mattel as Mattel Creations in January 1945 in a garage in Los Angeles. [15] [16] The company name chosen is a portmanteau of the surname of Matson and first name of Elliot, with former chairman and CEO Bob Eckert revealing at a 2013 Christmas Day Peninsula Seniors lecture that the founders ...
Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n m ʌ s k /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman known for his key roles in the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc. He is also known for his ownership of X Corp. (the company that operates the social media platform X, formerly Twitter), and his role in the founding of the Boring Company, xAI, Neuralink, and OpenAI.
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]
How did Elon Musk make his money? ... Mr Musk quickly dropped out and founded two technology start-ups during the "dotcom boom" of the 1990s. These included a web software firm and an online ...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks after unveiling the Dragon V2 spacecraft in Hawthorne, California May 29, 2014. Neuralink Musk founded Neuralink Corp., a neurotechnology company, in 2016.
A post shared on X allegedly shows an image of X owner and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with a protruding chest and stomach. ... OCTOBER 26: SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks during an America PAC ...
According to the 2015 biography of Elon Musk titled Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, in 1995, Errol Musk gave $28,000 to Elon and Kimbal as they were starting up the software company Zip2. [30] Elon Musk has denied receiving the money from his father. [30] Errol is a pro-natalist. [31]
Musk, a confidant of President-elect Donald Trump, has yet to offer a full explanation for his sudden name change. But there are a few hints. Elon Musk bizarrely changed his X profile name to ...