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.
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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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Ukraine reports slowdowns in Starlink, which is used for battlefield communications and frontline logistics. Elon Musk says any limits on speed or use are decided by the US military and ultimately by the president.
FFrance 24Original★★★☆☆2026-10-15 11:19
SpaceX chief Elon Musk said Wednesday that any disruption Ukraine reports in using the Starshield satellite communications system would be the responsibility of the US government, not his company. He said the US government owns and controls Starshield, while the military and ultimately the president decide any limits on speed or use.
FFrance 24Original★★★☆☆2026-10-15 10:08
SpaceX chief Elon Musk said Wednesday that any reported disruption to Ukraine's use of the Starshield satellite communications system would be the US government's responsibility, not his company's. He said the US government owns and controls Starshield, while the US military and ultimately the president decide any limits on speed or use.
FFrance 24 EnglishOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-15 10:08
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to meet Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani next week, the US envoy said. The meeting highlights Washington’s engagement with the conglomerate amid Elon Musk’s recent public criticism of the Indian billionaire.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-15 10:00
Musk wrote on X that it was time for Zelenskyy to go, as Ukraine questioned US support.
TTRT WorldOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-15 08:16
Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary Musk, about tech oligarch and world’s richest man Elon Musk, is far from uplifting. The film is described as one of the most depressing and terrifying works of public media since An Inconvenient Truth warned an largely unaware public of impending annihilation from climate change.
CCBC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-15 08:00
Elon Musk suggested the US government could be behind limits on the speed of SpaceX satellite technology used by Ukraine’s military, which Kyiv says impede its use of key defensive weapons. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Trump’s diesel deal and the restrictions left him feeling “betrayed.” EU leaders are expected to discuss Ukraine at talks in Brussels.
TThe GuardianOriginal★★★★☆2026-10-15 07:45
US entrepreneur Elon Musk called Ukraine’s position on the diesel deal between Moscow and Washington “troubling” while responding to a post by US blogger Mike Cernovich, who accused Ukraine of ingratitude for American aid. Cernovich said Trump wanted diesel prices to fall by a dollar or two before the midterms. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine was losing a major US partner.
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Elon Musk said any restrictions on Ukraine’s Starshield satellite system are controlled by the US government, not SpaceX. Ukraine’s former defence minister called for speed limits to be lifted to strengthen the country’s defence.
EeuronewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-15 07:28
Russian presidential envoy and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev said Elon Musk wants peace. Dmitriev was commenting on Musk’s post that it was high time for Volodymyr Zelensky to step down.
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