Senior Advisor to the President for Government Efficiency (2025–2025)
Born
1971-06-28 · Pretoria
Citizenship
South Africa (since 1971), Canada (since 1971), United States (since 2002)
Party
Independent
Offices
Senior Advisor to the President for Government Efficiency2025-01-20–2025-05-30
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As the documentary “Musk” arrives in theaters, Ashley St. Clair, a former right-wing influencer and the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, explains why she chose to speak out against the tech CEO.
Tesla unveiled a new Roadster fitted with high-pressure thrusters that Elon Musk says let it “fly like a rocket.” Experts say Canadians need more affordable EVs despite the attention-grabbing demonstration. Production is not expected until 2028, and the rocket model is not approved for public roads.
Donald Trump said he did not order restrictions on Starshield, Starlink’s military version, in Ukraine, and said he did not think Elon Musk did either. Trump said the service appeared to be working normally when he checked that morning and he was unsure whether it had stopped. Ukrainian personnel reported restrictions on October 14 that caused some military missions to fail. A U.S. official said the White House was not involved, while Reuters-cited sources said it had ordered the restrictions.
The Telegraph, citing four people familiar with the discussion, reported that Elon Musk suggested to U.S. President Donald Trump restricting Starlink speeds for Ukrainian forces, and Trump agreed. The report conflicts with Musk's earlier statement that the White House makes the final decision on military-related restrictions.
Elon Musk’s move into US mobile-phone services will bring a challenge unlike his earlier ventures. It is neither a new market nor an industry gap-filler like electric vehicles, low-Earth-orbit broadband and online payments, the fields that made him wealthy.
Democrats have raised as much as six times the amount of key Senate rivals, while Elon Musk is funding a Republican counteroffensive. The accompanying photo shows early voters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Trading volume in Hyperliquid’s Tesla contract reached $47 million in one hour after Elon Musk demonstrated a SpaceX-powered flying Roadster prototype, rising from $2.8 million while U.S. stock markets were closed.