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.
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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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Intel will continue working with Elon Musk on Terafab, an ambitious effort by the billionaire to enter the production of cutting-edge chips, Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan said.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-07 07:30
Intel will continue working with Elon Musk on his Terafab chipmaking project, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
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ReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-07 06:25
Defence technology firm Anduril says it will invest $3.7bn in a new Maryland shipyard to make critical components for the US Navy’s Virginia-class submarines. The company will receive a $2.9bn Navy contract, while the facility is expected to create 3,100 jobs and support more than 11,000 indirect roles.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-06 21:11
Elon Musk has again reached trillionaire status.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-06 00:17
Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index tracks the company’s valuation of Elon Musk’s net worth, along with his daily gains or losses and related information.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-05 23:05
SpaceX shares have rebounded nearly 60% from their early-August low, supported by the company’s AI business and progress on Starship. The rise pushed Elon Musk back into trillionaire status.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-05 20:10
Michael Lewis, author of “Moneyball,” “The Big Short” and “The Blind Side,” discusses his new book, “Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State,” with “CBS Mornings.” The book examines Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts and government layoffs at the start of President Trump’s second term.
CCBS NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-05 15:20
Elon Musk added to his record of provocative behavior on Thursday by warning Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian that he would lose his job for selecting Amazon Leo rather than SpaceX’s Starlink to provide internet service on the airline’s aircraft.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-05 11:00
Elon Musk will rename the company SpaceXSI, marking its third name change this year. The move follows Donald Trump’s push to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence.”
EeuronewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-05 10:42
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a Sunday post that the company’s AI unit would be renamed SpaceXSI, following US President Donald Trump’s push to use “super intelligence” rather than “artificial intelligence.”
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-04 16:50
