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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Reliance Industries, led by Mukesh Ambani, rejected suggestions that it is trying to keep Elon Musk’s Starlink out of India, saying its own satellite venture is still awaiting regulatory approval.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 07:30
Elon Musk unveiled a new Tesla Roadster, saying it has altitude-control thrusters and rear main thrusters that allow it to fly essentially like a rocket.
EeuronewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 06:25
Elon Musk unveiled a new Tesla Roadster, saying it has altitude-control thrusters and rear main thrusters that let it essentially fly like a rocket.
EeuronewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 06:25
Tesla unveiled its next-generation Roadster in Texas, nearly a decade after the model was first revealed. Musk is eyeing a 2028 release.
TTRT WorldOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 05:50
Reliance Industries said it welcomes competition from Starlink following remarks by Elon Musk.
TTRT WorldOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 05:44
Court filings show that tech billionaire and Republican megadonor Elon Musk settled the two remaining lawsuits stemming from his $1 million giveaways to voters during the 2024 election, ending a two-year legal saga.
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CNNOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-16 05:30
Created to connect remote areas, Starlink has become an important communications tool in crises and war zones. Ukraine illustrates the risks of relying on the service. It is also used by protesters in Iran to evade internet censorship and by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces in the civil war.
DDWOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-15 12:59
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to meet Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani next week, the US envoy said. The meeting highlights Washington’s engagement with the conglomerate amid Elon Musk’s recent public criticism of the Indian billionaire.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-15 10:00
Musk wrote on X that it was time for Zelenskyy to go, as Ukraine questioned US support.
TTRT WorldOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-15 08:16
Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary Musk, about tech oligarch and world’s richest man Elon Musk, is far from uplifting. The film is described as one of the most depressing and terrifying works of public media since An Inconvenient Truth warned an largely unaware public of impending annihilation from climate change.
CCBC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-15 08:00