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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Elon Musk said Tesla is aiming for 5 million annual vehicle deliveries around 2030. The article argues that two consecutive years of falling deliveries, along with a lack of suitable models and factory capacity, make that target look practically impossible.
TThe VergeOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-22 17:42
Elon Musk reportedly invested about $1 billion in Skydance. David Ellison’s father, billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, has a history with Musk.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-22 17:04
Elon Musk invested about $1 billion in Skydance Corp., Semafor reported, providing a financial boost to the newly formed media and entertainment company led by David Ellison.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-22 17:00
Elon Musk has signalled openness to combining Tesla and SpaceX in a $3.5 trillion (€3.1tn) company. The move continues years of bringing his businesses together, with the deal reportedly intended to close before US President Donald Trump leaves the White House.
EeuronewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-22 11:59
Tesla’s third-quarter profit declined, while its cash generation exceeded analysts’ expectations. Investors were left with a mixed picture as the company explored a possible merger with Elon Musk’s other major company, SpaceX.
EeuronewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-22 09:27
Tesla reported lower third-quarter profit but generated more cash than analysts expected. Its exploration of a possible merger with Elon Musk’s other major company, SpaceX, left investors with a mixed picture.
EeuronewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-22 05:53
Musk is running out of time to pull off the $3.7 trillion merger before political and financial conditions shift.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-22 00:30
Elon Musk says a special committee has been formed to assess a possible Tesla–SpaceX merger, but no agreement has been reached and a deal is not guaranteed. With combined valuations of about $3.5 trillion, it would be the largest corporate merger ever. Shareholder approval, regulatory scrutiny, and Tesla investors’ smaller stake and the car business’s standing in a merged company are among the issues raised.
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BBC ChineseOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-22 00:21
Elon Musk may have many strengths, but self-awareness is not among them.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-21 23:30
SpaceX has turned its first profit, and Elon Musk says a merger with Tesla could be possible.
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ReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-21 20:12
