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Elon Reeve Musk FRS (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman known for his key roles in the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc. His other involvements include 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.
As a result, Musk also increasingly shifted his politics from the Democrats to the Republicans, who dominate Texas. [4] [5] Musk also complained about the lack of housing for the employees of his companies in the Austin region. [6] He therefore began to acquire land in Texas in Greater Austin on a large scale via letterbox companies and his ...
SpaceX's first rocket was named Falcon 1 by Musk, taking inspiration from the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, and also because the rocket would have only one booster engine. Falcon 1 was designed with a core tenet of low launch cost; according to contemporary sources the rocket has an advertised price of $6 million per launch. [ 8 ]
For now, Musk is starting small—in a white farmhouse with a long porch off a busy farm-to-market road in Bastrop County, Tex.—one street over from where some of Musk’s company facilities ...
The company formally announced selection of the Texas location in August 2014. [7] In September 2013, the State of Texas General Land Office (GLO) and Cameron County signed an agreement outlining how beach closures would be handled in order to support a future SpaceX launch schedule. The agreement is intended to enable both economic development ...
Elon Musk continues to push back against incorporating companies in Delaware, after a Delaware judge struck down his $56 billion 2018 pay package.
SolarCity was founded in 2006 by brothers Peter and Lyndon Rive, [2] based on a suggestion for a solar company concept by their cousin, Elon Musk, who was the chairman and helped start the company. [3] By 2009, solar panels it had installed were capable of generating 440 megawatts (MW) of power. [4] [5]
Elon Musk’s high-flying SpaceX is expanding into a partnership with a decidedly grounded company: John Deere.Deere, one of the biggest names in American farming, plans to start offering Starlink ...