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Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n / EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman known for his key roles in Tesla, Inc., SpaceX, and Twitter (which he rebranded as X).Since 2025, he has been a senior advisor to United States president Donald Trump and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Musk has defended his wealth by saying he is accumulating resources for humanity's outward expansion to space. [12] At the start of 2020, Elon Musk had a net worth of $27 billion. [13] By the end of the year his net worth had increased by $150 billion, mostly driven by his ownership of around 20% of Tesla stock. [14]
Elon Musk has since surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest person in the history of the United States, and of modern history, according to size of wealth compared to GDP. In December 2024 his wealth reached $474 billion dollars (1.61% of USA's GDP at that year) compared to Rockefeller's 1.5% at the height of his wealth. [5]
Here are all of the wealth generators Musk has in Texas. ... Elon Musk is once again ... and Las Vegas officials have also approved a 29-mile tunnel system containing 51 stations under the city ...
It is no secret that Musk has an affinity for Texas, but as a business decision, moving to the state has a myriad of personal and professional advantages. He seems to prefer the politics in the state.
Musk enrolled at Stanford University but left after just two days to start his first company, Zip2. Musk was the highest-paid CEO in the world in 2018, according to The New York Times, with ...
The Musk family is a prominent family with roots in South Africa, Canada, England, and the United States, whose most famous member is billionaire Elon Musk.It also includes his parents Maye Musk, a model and author, and Errol Musk, a mine-owner, businessman and politician; siblings Kimbal Musk and Tosca Musk, and cousin Lyndon Rive.
Elon Musk gives a tour toPresident-elect Donald Trump and lawmakers of the control room before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.