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Elon Musk

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Birth Date

Zodiac Sign

Cancer

Biography

Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman known for his key roles in the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc. His other involvements include ownership of X Corp., the company that operates the social media platform X, and his role in the founding of the Boring Company, xAI, Neuralink, and OpenAI. In November 2024, United States president-elect Donald Trump appointed Musk as the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the second Trump administration. Musk is the wealthiest individual in the world; as of November 2024, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$304 billion.

Additional Information

Title

Founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc. Owner, CTO and executive chairman of X (formerly Twitter) President of the Musk Foundation Founder of The Boring Company, X Corp., and xAI Co-founder of Neuralink, OpenAI, Zip2, and X.com (part of PayPal)

Awards

Full list

Parents

Errol MuskMaye Musk

Spouses

Justine Wilson (m. 2000; div. 2008) Talulah Riley (m. 2010; div. 2012) (m. 2013; div. 2016)

Children

12[2]

FullName

Elon Musk

Partners

Grimes (2018–2021)[1]

Education

University of Pennsylvania(BA, BS)

Relatives

Kimbal Musk (brother) Tosca Musk (sister) Lyndon Rive (cousin)

BirthPlace

Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Citizenship

South Africa Canada United States (from 2002)