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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TASS
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.
TTASS
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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Elon Musk has publicly attacked Alex Gibney’s documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker an “idiot” and a “horrible human.” The film is set to open nationwide this week.
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The Associated PressOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-12 20:00
Starlink has secured key approvals and signed distribution agreements with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, but has yet to begin commercial operations in India. Security checks, competition and the investment climate are under scrutiny. India’s communications ministry says security assessments are under way for all three licensed satellite operators, which are at broadly similar regulatory stages.
DDWOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-12 14:33
Elon Musk said Saturday that, among China’s 1.4 billion people, someone was bound to resemble him, responding to viral videos of Ma Yilong. At the X Takeover event, Musk invited Ma to join him onstage and dance.
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China News ServiceOriginal★☆☆☆☆2026-10-12 06:16
Alex Gibney’s biographical documentary Musk covers familiar ground while challenging Elon Musk’s carefully shaped image as a visionary technology titan. It portrays him as an investor posing as an inventor, whose real talent is boosting stocks and captivating investors and the public with visions of a high-tech utopia.
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Ars TechnicaOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-11 18:10
Elon Musk said Starlink would offer satellite internet at affordable prices in India, taking on Mukesh Ambani’s low-cost Reliance Jio. His attacks on the rival billionaire intensified days before Jio’s parent company launches what is set to be India’s largest-ever IPO.
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ReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-11 11:00
Elon Musk said Starlink would need affordable pricing in India to compete with Mukesh Ambani’s low-cost Reliance Jio. His comments came days before Jio Platforms’ parent launches the country’s largest-ever IPO. Musk accused India’s government and Ambani of obstructing Starlink’s market entry; the government denied bias in its approval process.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-11 07:57
Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump’s call for elections in Ukraine, posting that it was time for the country to get a new leader. Trump had said Ukraine should replace its president and that he would advise it to find a leader able to make a deal.
TTASSOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-11 07:27
Elon Musk said he believes his companies could probably work out how to make chips better than anyone, drawing on their expertise in developing customized equipment.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-11 02:00
Elon Musk said on X that Zelensky had “gone too far,” responding to Donald Trump’s remarks that Washington had repeatedly urged Kyiv to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries. Trump also said Zelensky could have resolved the conflict many times but chose not to, and called for Ukraine to change its president and find a leader able to make a deal.
TTASSOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-10 22:53
New films about Zuckerberg, Musk, Altman and AI are arriving as public concern grows over the technology and the people leading it.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-10 12:00
