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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 X, formerly Twitter (which he has owned since 2022). Since 2025, he has been a senior advisor to President Donald Trump and head of the Department of Government Efficiency .
Elon Musk's role and actions within the US federal government, and the actions of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which is informally headed by Musk, have faced criticism, protests and other forms of opposition from Democrats, left-leaning groups and some Republicans claiming that DOGE is unaccountable, unconstitutional and is a conflict of interest.
In 2025, Elon Musk and his surrogates gained access to large parts of the United States Federal government, forcing thousands of United States Federal government employees out of their jobs, removing public records from the Internet, attempting to shutdown or terminate entire departments and agencies of the government, creating large amounts of controversy and resistance across government ...
The "We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon" protest, organized by MoveOn, was held at the Treasury on February 4, 2025. Legal experts have described much of DOGE's actions as illegal, breaking multiple privacy, security, and congressional laws and regulations. It has been described as taking a "move fast and break things" approach.
In 2018, Tesla board members expressed concern regarding Musk's use of Ambien and recreational drugs. [ 371 ] [ 372 ] Wired noted in 2018 that Musk was known amongst employees for his "unpredictable rages", [ 373 ] [ 374 ] and Tesla employees were warned not to walk past Musk's desk because he was so prone to unexpectedly firing people. [ 375 ]
Elon Musk is the owner of multiple companies, the wealthiest individual in the world, and a special government employee. Musk's comments and actions have received condemnation from some of the governments and leaders for his involvement in European politics, including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, Prime Minister of ...
Steve Bannon, a long-time Trump and Republican Party influencer, was extremely critical of Musk's DOGE program, saying "Musk is a parasitic illegal immigrant. He wants to impose his freak experiment and play-act as God without any respect for the country’s history, tradition or values."
Experts who spoke to Fortune expressed concerns over Musk’s behavior, including one who said, “It’s a serious thing no matter how you look at it.” Elon Musk isn’t the first CEO to use ...