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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US airlines are racing to deploy Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi, while Delta remains a holdout.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-08 03:00
Musk said India’s oligarchs were keeping the satellite service from starting operations there, seeking to retain their dominance over customers.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-08 02:55
Elon Musk, who owns SpaceX, Tesla and X.com, reacted positively to the new Quebec premier’s hope that the province will one day become independent from Canada, and said Saskatchewan and Alberta should separate too.
CCBC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-08 01:08
President Trump is set to present awards to several leading technology executives at a summit on Thursday.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-07 21:32
Fox News reported that U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to present the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
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ReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-07 19:40
Elon Musk said his business empire will build and operate Terafab on its own, dispelling speculation that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. might take over running the ambitious chipmaking venture.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-07 11:30
Elon Musk thanked Germany’s transport minister on X after Steffen Bilger advocated approval of Tesla’s driver-assistance technology across Europe.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-07 11:05
Intel will continue working with Elon Musk on Terafab, an ambitious effort by the billionaire to enter the production of cutting-edge chips, Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan said.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-07 07:30
Intel will continue working with Elon Musk on his Terafab chipmaking project, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-07 06:25
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is discussing a $40 billion debt raise with banks and investors to purchase Nvidia chips, according to people familiar with the matter. The talks highlight AI developers’ intense demand for additional computing power.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-07 00:43
