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.
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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Billionaire Elon Musk promoted Starlink’s satellite internet as a way to serve India’s most underserved rural areas, even as the company’s launch in the country remains stalled over security concerns.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-08-21 09:00
SpaceX engineers are heading to remote Christmas Island to recover an upper-stage Starship vehicle that re-entered over the Indian Ocean and is now floating offshore. Islanders hope the global attention will bring more tourists, while authorities have established an exclusion zone during the recovery effort.
TThe GuardianOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-08-19 05:53
A two-hour radar and communications outage at the Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center disrupted more than 1,100 flights. Days earlier, Reagan National controllers failed to hear a transmission from Marine One’s pilots and cleared another aircraft for takeoff. The article argues that Musk’s DOGE failed to deliver promised air traffic control upgrades while opening the door for Peter Thiel’s Palantir to take over FAA contracts.
TThe VergeOriginal★★★☆☆2026-08-18 11:00
Investment firms representing ultra-wealthy individuals in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East have accumulated billions of dollars of exposure to SpaceX, underscoring their ability to gain access to highly sought-after business opportunities.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-08-17 14:05
Harvard Management Co. disclosed a $2.2 billion stake in SpaceX, showing that the university’s endowment has profited from an early investment in Elon Musk’s giant rocket company.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-08-15 04:30
Cards Against Humanity plans to build a “grand monument” mocking Elon Musk on land it owns near Starbase, Texas. The company is asking fans to join a $10 design committee and says the project is meant to annoy Musk and prompt a moment of introspection, in keeping with its vulgar stunts.
TThe VergeOriginal★☆☆☆☆2026-08-14 08:40
Elon Musk's mother, Maye Musk, has said she loves visiting China. On August 10, both Maye and Elon praised China as a travel destination on X, with a look at Maye's travels across the country.
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CGTNOriginal★☆☆☆☆2026-08-13 19:50
A new study finds that extraordinary compensation deals for Elon Musk have paved the way for chief executives at other S&P 500 companies to secure enormous pay packages.
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ReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-08-13 14:15
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski criticized Elon Musk after Starlink excluded Poland from its European roaming area and threatened to reconsider Poland’s $50 million annual payment. Starlink is vital to Ukraine’s armed forces, with access paid for by Poland, though it remains unclear which subscription Sikorski referred to.
TThe Kyiv IndependentOriginal★★★☆☆2026-08-13 09:13
Elon Musk posted on X that “China is awesome” and strongly encouraged people to visit. His mother, Maye Musk, agreed, while many people who have traveled to China shared positive experiences of its convenient transport, comfortable summer travel and welcoming communities. More foreign visitors are choosing to see the country for themselves.
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China News ServiceOriginal★☆☆☆☆2026-08-13 07:19