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 |
What this person said on the record, as reported, newest first.
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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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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Elon Musk has spent nearly half a billion dollars on elections in the 2026 cycle, making him the largest disclosed donor in modern US politics and one of the Republican Party’s biggest benefactors ever.
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CNNOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-30 10:30
Author Walter Isaacson discusses Musk’s $446 million in campaign spending, Starlink’s satellite operations in Ukraine and Russia’s ambition to launch a competing service of its own.
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Fox NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-30 05:30
Elon Musk has long favored the letter X: Tesla’s early lineup included the Model X, Space Exploration Technologies is known as SpaceX, and Twitter became X after Musk bought it in 2022. He also named his son X Æ A-Xii and often calls him “lil X” online.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-29 21:15
Russia is trying to develop its own satellite constellation, Rassvet, as an alternative to Starlink. Putin praised Elon Musk as a “real genius.”
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-29 09:06
Putin praised Musk as a “genius” for putting thousands of satellites into orbit. Speaking in Moscow, he pointed to Russia’s efforts to build a satellite internet network that can rival Starlink.
EeuronewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-29 08:34
Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk as a “genius” for putting thousands of satellites into orbit. Speaking in Moscow, Putin pointed to Russia’s efforts to build its own satellite internet network to compete with Musk’s Starlink.
EeuronewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-29 08:34
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from Democratic state lawmaker Gina Hinojosa. Abbott has spent heavily on advertising, backed by a large campaign fund that includes a $5 million contribution from Elon Musk. Hinojosa is drawing on voter discontent over data centers, governance and a controversial school voucher program.
CCNNOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-29 03:15
Putin praised Musk and his Starlink satellite network, acknowledging that Russia is only beginning to develop a competing system. He said Russia is proud to build the technology independently and seeks to expand its satellite network, while continuing to coordinate with Musk on orbital activity despite political tensions.
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Global NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-28 21:05
Vladimir Putin said he is in “close” contact with Elon Musk on satellite technology and called him a “real genius.” Discussing Russia’s Rassvet satellite internet project, Putin said cooperation was important to prevent its satellites from interfering with Starlink in orbit.
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BBC NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-28 19:15
Vladimir Putin said Russia is working with Elon Musk, the billionaire head of SpaceX, and other US partners on low-Earth-orbit satellite networks despite political tensions between Moscow and Washington.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-28 19:00
