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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TASS
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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Documentarian Alex Gibney speaks at a press conference about his new Elon Musk documentary ahead of its premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
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ReutersOriginal★☆☆☆☆2026-09-08 10:34
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney discusses his documentary “Musk” at a press conference during the Venice Film Festival.
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The Associated PressOriginal★☆☆☆☆2026-09-08 09:29
Alex Gibney’s new documentary, “Musk,” premieres this week at the Venice Film Festival. The nearly four-hour film examines Elon Musk’s power and influence.
TThe Associated PressOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-07 16:00
Saudi artificial intelligence firm Humain plans to seek outside investors. An IPO for the company would mark another step in Saudi Arabia’s effort to attract more external capital.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-07 13:00
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland more than doubled its support in Saxony-Anhalt, with exit polls putting it at 44.4%, ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU. Lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund thanked Elon Musk for his backing and welcomed stronger cooperation. France’s Europe minister called the result a “serious moment” and warned that nationalism and xenophobia would not solve Europe’s problems.
TThe GuardianOriginal★★★★☆2026-09-07 01:03
Data centers in space face four major obstacles, while Elon Musk has set out an ambitious timeline for their development.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-07 00:06
Tesla is facing a federal safety investigation into its steering-wheel-free Cybercabs, just one day after Elon Musk’s company launched the taxi service with fanfare.
TThe Associated PressOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-04 22:00
Elon Musk’s X secured a court order preventing Operation Bluebird from launching an app built around the Twitter name. The judge found X was unlikely to have fully abandoned the mark, making its infringement and dilution claims likely to succeed; X’s App Store listing calling it “X (formerly known as Twitter)” was a decisive point.
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Ars TechnicaOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-04 15:59
New filings show that Elon Musk’s super PAC has disclosed its first spending on behalf of Republican candidates, providing roughly $800,000 to congressional contenders across several states.
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CNNOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-03 18:15
OpenAI recently estimated that its partnership with Cursor would generate more than $1 billion in annual revenue, WIRED has learned. The company nevertheless walked away after Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired the AI coding startup.
WWIREDOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-03 16:42
