Elon Musk

Entrepreneur & Visionary

Born June 28, 1971 (Age 54)

South Africa → Canada → USA

About Elon Musk

Elon Reeve Musk is a business magnate and investor. He is the founder, CEO, and chief engineer at SpaceX; angel investor, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; owner and CEO of social networking service X; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; and president of the philanthropic Musk Foundation.

Current Roles

Tesla

CEO & Product Architect at Tesla

SpaceX

Founder, CEO & Chief Engineer at SpaceX

Owner & CEO of X (formerly Twitter)

Neuralink

Co-founder of Neuralink

Education

Queen's University

1990 - 1992

Undergraduate (First two years)

Kingston, Canada

University of Pennsylvania

1992 - 1995

B.Sc. Economics (Wharton School)

B.Sc. Physics

Stanford University

1995

Applied Physics PhD

(Dropped out after 2 days to start a company)

Career Highlights

Zip2

Co-founder & CTO

1995 - 1999

Acquired by Compaq for $307M in 1999. Musk earned $22M from the sale.

X.com / PayPal

Founder & CEO

1999 - 2002

PayPal acquired by eBay for $1.5B in 2002. Musk earned $165M from the sale.

SpaceX

Founder, CEO & Chief Engineer

2002 - Present

• 2008: Falcon 1 first successful orbital launch

• 2020: Crew Dragon first crewed flight

• 2025: Starship 9th test flight reached space before controlled disassembly

Tesla

Early Investor → Chairman → CEO/Product Architect

2004 - Present

• Led Model S/3/Y success, became world's most valuable automaker

• 2025: Testing first fully autonomous Model Y fleet in Austin, delivery planned June

Major Achievements

Reusable Rockets

SpaceX multiple ocean recoveries, first-stage rocket recovery now routine

Starlink Constellation

6,000+ satellites launched, ~4,800 operational, providing global low-orbit broadband

EV Revolution

Tesla 1.8M+ annual sales, transformed electric vehicles from niche to mainstream

Full Self-Driving

FSD Beta → Robotaxi/Driverless Model Y entering commercial validation phase

AI Ecosystem

From OpenAI founding to xAI Grok, continuous investment in generative AI

Public Recognition

2021 TIME Person of the Year and multiple industry awards

Core Competencies

Rocket Design & Systems Engineering

Battery & Electric Drivetrain Architecture

Large-scale Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Product Vision-driven Leadership

Cross-disciplinary Team Management

Capital & Media Operations

Recent Updates (2024-2025)

Starship Mars Mission

Multiple high-altitude test flights collecting data, targeting 2026 "50% probability" Mars cargo mission

X Platform Innovation

Focus on DM and payment integration, launched XChat beta testing

Tesla Robotaxi

North America Robotaxi fleet in closed testing, first batch planned for H2 2025 commercial operation

xAI Enterprise Expansion

Expanding Grok AI to government and enterprise sectors, focus on data security and collaboration