co-president
Senior Advisor to the President for Government Efficiency (2025–2025)
| Born | 1971-06-28 · Pretoria |
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| Citizenship | South Africa (since 1971), Canada (since 1971), United States (since 2002) |
| Party | Independent |
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| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BA, BS) |
| Occupation | CEO and product architect of Tesla, Founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX, Founder and CEO of SpaceXAI, Founder and CTO of X Corp., Co-founder of Neuralink, The Boring Company, OpenAI, Zip2, X.com and PayPal, President of the Musk Foundation |
| Awards | Full list |
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Elon Musk said hiring Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang would be an honor. Huang is reportedly at risk of being ousted after reports of multiple extramarital affairs, including one with a woman reportedly suspected of spying for China.
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Bloomberg News
Tesla will refund deposits to a considerable number of Cybertruck customers because it has more orders than it can process before production ends next year, CEO Elon Musk said.
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Elon Musk expects the future cost of delivering one kilogram of cargo to orbit to fall below $100, attributing the prospect to Starship’s full reusability. He also forecast that SpaceX could eventually launch its Super Heavy booster every hour.
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Elon Musk said Starlink’s bandwidth will be 100 times its current level in two to three years as new-version satellites are launched. He said V3 satellites have more than 10 times V2’s capability and will be launched at 10 times the current rate; V4 will be 10 times more powerful than V3.
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Elon Musk said SpaceX’s reliance on US government-funded contracts will keep declining, with the government accounting for less than 10% of the company’s revenue. The shift points away from what had been its most important partnership.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Friday that the company will wind down Cybertruck production at its Texas Gigafactory around mid-2027. Sales of the futuristic model, once promoted as a rival to traditional pickup trucks, have remained weak.
CCBC News
Musk said Tesla will scale back Cybertruck production next year to make room for increased output of its Cybercab robotaxi. The move follows years of weaker-than-expected sales for the futuristic electric pickup.
Eeuronews
Musk said Tesla made the decision to free up capacity for increased production of its Cybercab robotaxi. The move follows years of Cybertruck sales falling short of expectations.
Eeuronews
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says production of the Cybertruck at the company’s Texas facility will wind down around the middle of next year, making room for more Cybercab production. Sales fell well short of his earlier target, dropping from about 38,965 in 2024 to 20,237 in 2025.
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Musk says Tesla plans to phase out Cybertruck production in Texas next year as it increases Cybercab output. The Cybertruck’s divisive design attracted a niche following, but sales did not reach the mass market, and Tesla has issued several voluntary recalls.
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CNBC
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As SpaceX posts blockbuster quarterly earnings, CEO Elon Musk raises the possibility of combining the rocket and AI company with his electric-car firm Tesla. The edition also covers further agent misbehaviour disclosed by OpenAI and France’s political crisis worsening its bond-market rout.
FFrance 24 EnglishOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-21 10:27
As SpaceX posts blockbuster quarterly earnings, CEO Elon Musk floats the possibility of combining the rocket and AI company with his electric-car firm Tesla.
FFrance 24Original★★☆☆☆2026-10-21 10:26
Musk says SpaceX and Tesla have started exploring a merger.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-21 10:00
Elon Musk said combining SpaceX and Tesla would be “a good idea” and that the two companies had formed special committees to discuss a union. Shares of the space and technology company rose 8% in extended trading.
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ReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-21 09:27
SpaceX beat earnings estimates, while Elon Musk backed discussions about a possible merger with Tesla. Sharp swings in oil prices and AI stocks revealed growing market jitters over war and technology valuations. Netflix shares fell after the company reported its slowest revenue growth in three years.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-21 09:10
SpaceX shares rose in premarket trading after the company reported sharply higher third-quarter revenue and beat earnings expectations. Owner Elon Musk floated a possible merger with Tesla.
CCNBCOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-21 08:05
SpaceX and Tesla may merge. Meanwhile, investors are growing increasingly wary of the massive sums being poured into AI data centers.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-21 07:30
Elon Musk supports a merger between SpaceX and Tesla as SpaceX reports a profit of $4.4 billion. Musk is chief executive of both companies and also chairs SpaceX and serves as its chief technology officer.
TTRT WorldOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-21 07:24
Bloomberg Television says global stocks gained as strong technology earnings eased worries about the AI trade. SpaceX reported third-quarter net income of $4.4 billion, far above the average estimate.
BBloomberg TelevisionOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-21 06:50
Elon Musk said Tesla and SpaceX had formed special committees to discuss a merger, which he called a “good idea,” while cautioning that it was too early to assume a deal would happen. Shareholders would need to approve it, including at least 50% of Tesla shareholders.
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