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
Elon Musk said hiring Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang would be an “honor.” The post on X comes as reports say Nvidia’s board is preparing to oust Huang.
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CNBC
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.
BBloomberg News
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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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
James Talarico hit back at Elon Musk amid a feud in the Texas Senate race. In September, Musk donated $158 million to a Republican super PAC, which sent the money to a PAC backing GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton, Talarico’s opponent.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-22 01:21
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
Elon Musk warned that Democrats are preparing congressional investigations as MAGA Inc. launched a $277 million midterm campaign. Musk ran a project to cut US government spending and push nearly 300,000 employees out of work.
TTRT WorldOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-21 21:00
Elon Musk’s planned spending of millions of dollars to support Republican Ken Paxton’s US Senate bid is giving Democratic challenger James Talarico a potent opening to attack the role of money in politics.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-21 20:30
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
Elon Musk made headlines on SpaceX’s earnings call yesterday, confirming that SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees to explore a possible merger.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-21 19:37
The Wall Street Journal reported that Elon Musk ordered speed limits on the military-grade Starlink service used by Ukraine, blindsiding its air assault forces and causing panic in Kyiv and confusion within the Trump administration. Trump denied ordering the restrictions. The report said Musk may have consulted Trump and administration officials but made the final decision.
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Ars TechnicaOriginal★★★★☆2026-10-21 18:35
