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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 the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
(Reuters) - Elon Musk withdrew a loan of $1 billion from SpaceX - the two-decade-old rocket company run by the billionaire - around the same time he was acquiring Twitter, now known as X, for $44 ...
Biographer Walter Isaacson calls Musk's addiction a "super power" but sees a downside, too.
[160] [161] In a video call with banks who helped Musk fund the acquisition, Musk assured them he would complete the buyout by the deadline. [162] Musk made a trip to Twitter's headquarters on October 26, tweeting a video of him jokingly carrying a kitchen sink at the site's lobby and changing his Twitter bio to "Chief Twit".
SpaceX, NASA, and the United States Armed Forces work closely together by means of governmental contracts. [9] SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with a vision of decreasing the costs of space launches, paving the way to a sustainable colony on Mars. In 2008, Falcon 1 successfully launched into orbit after three failed launch attempts.
President-elect Trump is expected to attend the sixth test launch of SpaceX’s Starship on Tuesday afternoon. In its fifth test last month, SpaceX caught a rocket booster on its Texas launchpad ...
[8] [9] [10] Musk sits on the boards of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX; his brother Elon is the CEO of both companies. [11] He was on the board of Chipotle Mexican Grill [12] from 2013 to 2019. [13] He is the brother of Elon Musk, Tosca Musk, son of Errol and Maye Musk, and a major shareholder in Tesla. [14]
Elon Musk’s X may be flailing, but another company owned by the billionaire is on track to reach dizzying heights. Musk is in talks to sell between $500 million and $750 million of SpaceX stock ...