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 |
What this person said on the record, as reported, newest first.
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.
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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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A U.S. judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk’s X seeking to invalidate a New York state law. The law requires social media companies to disclose how they monitor hate speech, extremism, harassment, foreign political interference and disinformation.
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ReutersOriginal★★★☆☆2026-08-26 22:10
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded Elon Musk Ukraine’s Order of Freedom, citing Musk’s role in supporting the country through Starlink.
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The Associated PressOriginal★★★☆☆2026-08-26 22:00
Virginia-based startup Operation Bluebird says it has launched Twitter.now, a new social network intended to revive the allegedly abandoned Twitter name and logo. Cofounder Stephen Coates said the company had waited months but decided it could wait no longer. The group argues that Elon Musk’s 2022 rebranding of Twitter to X abandoned the identity and intellectual property.
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Ars TechnicaOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-08-26 20:49
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented Elon Musk with the Order of Freedom, a major state honor reserved for strategic partners. Kyiv is also lobbying the world’s richest man to allow his Starlink mobile internet system to be used for drone strikes in Russia.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-08-26 13:40
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on August 26 awarding Elon Musk the Order of Freedom, one of Ukraine’s highest state honors. Musk’s SpaceX operates Starlink. Western media, citing sources, reported that Ukrainian officials have sought permission for Ukraine’s Armed Forces to use Starlink against targets inside Russia, but Musk has not granted it.
MMeduzaOriginal★★★☆☆2026-08-26 11:02
President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Ukraine’s Order of Liberty on Aug. 26, citing his contributions to protecting human life and freedom and to Ukraine-U.S. relations. Kyiv is seeking Musk’s approval to use Starlink-enabled drones inside Russia against ballistic missile launchers, while Musk remains reluctant, viewing the move as an escalation of the war.
TThe Kyiv IndependentOriginal★★★☆☆2026-08-26 08:46
Maye Musk posted photos from her Shanghai visit, including events, shopping, dining and sightseeing. Elon Musk commented that Shanghai is “a great city” and strongly recommended visiting, after also calling China “amazing” and encouraging people to travel there. Maye Musk reposted that message and praised China’s cities and people.
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China News ServiceOriginal★☆☆☆☆2026-08-26 02:02
SpaceX says it will build its largest launch facility yet in Louisiana, a $100bn project due to begin next year. The 125,000-acre Starbase Louisiana is intended to support thousands of Starship flights annually, with its first launch planned for 2029. The company says it will create more than 3,000 direct jobs.
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BBC NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-08-26 01:32
US entrepreneur Elon Musk warned that humanity risks disappearing while commenting on Singapore’s new measures to encourage population growth. The city-state is offering families more than $55,000 for each child after a record fertility-rate decline and could become a “super-aged” society this year.
TTASSOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-08-25 04:20
President Volodymyr Zelensky said SpaceX CEO Elon Musk could reconsider his opposition to Ukraine using Starlink over Russian territory. Zelensky said his team and members of the Trump administration are continuing talks with Musk and have received more encouraging feedback, though no approval has been secured.
TThe Kyiv IndependentOriginal★★★★☆2026-08-23 15:04
