Elon Musk

Building the future—one moonshot at a time.

Serial entrepreneur and engineer. CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Owner of X. Founder of xAI. Making humanity multiplanetary, electrifying transportation, and advancing AI safety.

LinkedIn · X / Twitter · Austin, Texas

About

Elon Musk is a builder at heart—someone who looks at seemingly impossible problems and decides to solve them anyway. From selling PayPal to funding SpaceX with the proceeds, to turning Tesla into the world's most valuable automaker, his career has been defined by taking on industries everyone thought were locked in place.

He's comfortable living in factories and debugging code at 2 AM, equally at home discussing rocket physics or posting memes on the platform he owns. Whether it's making electric vehicles mainstream, landing rockets vertically for reuse, connecting brains to computers, or digging tunnels under cities, Musk approaches each venture with the same relentless focus: make it work, make it scalable, and make it matter.

As of February 2026, he is the world's wealthiest person with an estimated net worth of $852 billion—a reflection of the value created through his ventures rather than an end goal.

Experience

CEO & Chief Engineer

SpaceX

2002 – Present

Founded and leads SpaceX, a spaceflight services company. Pioneered reusable rocket technology with Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. Developed Starlink, a satellite internet constellation. SpaceX has become a leader in commercial spaceflight and space exploration.

CEO & Technoking

Tesla, Inc.

2008 – Present

Leads Tesla as CEO and product architect. Under his leadership, Tesla scaled annual vehicle deliveries from 2,500 to 1.8 million units, reduced time-to-launch for new models by 65%, and delivered 1,420% shareholder ROI since IPO. Reduced average cost per kWh of battery packs by 88% through vertical integration.

Owner & Chief Meme Officer

X (formerly Twitter)

2022 – Present

Acquired Twitter in October 2022 and rebranded it as X in 2023. Implemented significant operational and strategic changes to the social media platform.

Founder

xAI

2023 – Present

Founded xAI, an artificial intelligence company, which became a subsidiary of SpaceX in 2026.

Founder

The Boring Company

2017 – Present

Founded The Boring Company focused on boring and building tunnels to reduce street traffic. Headquarters in Texas with initial test projects.

Co-Founder

Neuralink

2016 – Present

Co-founded Neuralink, a neurotechnology company developing brain-computer interface technology.

Co-Founder & Early Investor

Tesla Motors

2004 – 2008

Joined Tesla as an early investor in February 2004, investing $6.35 million. Became majority shareholder and chairman, overseeing Roadster product design.

Co-Founder

X.com / PayPal

1999 – 2002

Co-founded X.com, a direct bank that later merged to form PayPal. PayPal was acquired by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion.

Co-Founder

Zip2

1995 – 1999

Co-founded Zip2, a software company, with his brother Kimbal. The company was acquired by Compaq in 1999.

Skills

Rocket engineering, electric vehicle design, battery technology, manufacturing optimization, business strategy, product design, artificial intelligence, space exploration, sustainable energy, neurotechnology, satellite communications, startup founding, capital raising.

Education

University of Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science in Physics (1989–1992)

Bachelor of Arts in Economics (1992–1994)

Stanford University

Master of Business Administration (1995–1998)

PhD in Business Administration (1998–2002)

Projects

Falcon 9

Reusable orbital rocket developed by SpaceX

Falcon Heavy

Heavy-lift launch vehicle, world's most powerful operational rocket

Starship

Fully reusable spacecraft under development by SpaceX

Starlink

Satellite internet constellation providing global broadband coverage

Tesla Roadster

High-performance electric sports car, won 2007 World Green Product Award

Tesla Model S

Electric sedan that became one of the best-selling electric vehicles

Tesla Model 3

Mass-market electric vehicle driving EV adoption globally