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.
BBloomberg News
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.
BBloomberg News
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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The new Tesla Roadster appears to defy physics, but questions remain about whether it can legally travel on roads or in the sky.
CCBS NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-17 15:15
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich discusses left-wing criticism of Elon Musk and the midterms on ‘The Will Cain Show.’
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Fox NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-17 10:00
Tesla says the vehicle has rocket thrusters and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than a second.
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ABC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-17 03:00
ABC News Live recaps trending stories: the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers to reach the World Series; a school shooting in Bend, Oregon, killed at least three children and one teacher; Tesla unveiled a flying Roadster at an event; the Bryson fire in Malibu intensified, prompting evacuation orders; and the TSA launched a program allowing non-travelers into airport gate areas.
AABC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 22:34
As the documentary “Musk” arrives in theaters, Ashley St. Clair, a former right-wing influencer and the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, explains why she chose to speak out against the tech CEO.
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NBC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 21:45
Tesla unveiled a new Roadster fitted with high-pressure thrusters that Elon Musk says let it “fly like a rocket.” Experts say Canadians need more affordable EVs despite the attention-grabbing demonstration. Production is not expected until 2028, and the rocket model is not approved for public roads.
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Global NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 21:19
Elon Musk’s move into US mobile-phone services will bring a challenge unlike his earlier ventures. It is neither a new market nor an industry gap-filler like electric vehicles, low-Earth-orbit broadband and online payments, the fields that made him wealthy.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 16:00
Elon Musk showed off a new Tesla Roadster prototype on Thursday. Rocket-inspired thrusters let it briefly launch into the air.
NNBC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 15:58
Using SpaceX rocket technology, the sports car rose up a curved ramp and made a controlled landing.
AABC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 10:55
Using SpaceX rocket technology, the sports car climbed a curved ramp before making a controlled landing.
AABC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 10:40
