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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Elon Musk has throttled Grok Bot limits because its costs are “unsustainably high.” He recently described it as the fastest-growing product he had ever seen.
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TechCrunchOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-02 16:23
Trump indicated he might shield Musk and close aides with pardons should Democrats gain control of Congress following the midterms.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-02 13:00
Risk appetite steadied after last week’s slump in technology shares. Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson said he sees several potential “clearing events” ahead that could temporarily push the stock market lower.
BBloomberg TelevisionOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-02 09:01
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said he has no plans to make peace with Elon Musk. The two had a public dispute earlier this year over the economics of fitting SpaceX’s Starlink Wi-Fi on Ryanair aircraft.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-02 09:00
In a recap of episodes 4–6 of season 5, the panel discusses Trump and Republicans’ final push before the midterm elections, Senate debates, developments in the Ukraine-Russia war and Elon Musk’s record donations. Roy Wood Jr. hosts, with Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black and guests including Larry Wilmore, Rosebud Baker, Josh Gondelman, Adam Mockler, David Pakman and Jenny Hagel.
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CNNOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-30 22:51
Jason Haley is a plaintiff in a class-action suit alleging excessive noise pollution from a plant that powers data centres training Grok, the large language model. The company is now sending realtors door-to-door with offers to buy homes if residents agree not to join the lawsuit.
CCBC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-30 21:44
As fallout continued from what is considered the largest hack on record, Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao faced another issue: what appeared to be trolling about the $6 billion incident by the world’s richest man.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-30 17:00
CZ linked a claimed holding worth more than $1 billion to Binance’s investment in Twitter. Yi He said annual revenue was enough to cover the losses.
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CryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-30 14:30
After a hack involving $6.3 billion, Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao asked Elon Musk to stop “trolling,” citing Binance’s stake of more than $1 billion in SpaceX.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-30 13:29
Elon Musk’s pledge to give a share of SpaceX to every child in the US drew skepticism. Whatever his motive and whether the promise is fulfilled, giving current and future workers stakes in American businesses could improve their fortunes, reduce inequality and strengthen support for free-market capitalism.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-30 11:00
