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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 Tesla, Inc., SpaceX, and his ownership of Twitter, as well as in the United States government as a senior advisor to President Donald Trump and head of the Department of Government Efficiency.
In May 2017, Musk was awarded the Oslo Business for Peace Award. [28] [29] [30] In 2018, Musk was ranked 25th on Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People. [31] Musk was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018. [32] [33] Listed among the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2010, 2013, 2018 and 2021. [34]
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.
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Elon Musk has made a long string of promises about DOGE, from deleting agencies to slashing the budget. ... First approved in 2008, the project's timeline and budget have grown in the years since.
Elon Musk said Tesla will begin launching unsupervised self-driving models in Austin, Texas, by June and several other U.S. cities by the end of the year. At the fourth quarter earnings call ...
Elon Musk directly expanded on this, claiming support of President Trump to "make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system". [248] Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton was critical of DOGE's FAA safety involvement, noting that many DOGE staff were not old enough to rent a car in the United States. [248]
In moments of around-the-clock work, Musk has been reported to adopt a temper and enter a trance-like state, according to journalist Walter Issacson, who penned Musk’s 2023 biography.