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Elon Musk

Tesla CEO; SpaceX founder

Elon Musk’s career spans internet payments, electric vehicles, reusable rockets and artificial intelligence.

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Elon Musk’s career spans internet payments, electric vehicles, reusable rockets and artificial intelligence. After Zip2 and X.com, he founded SpaceX and joined Tesla as an early investor and board member. His ventures also include Neuralink and The Boring Company.

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Vehicles; rockets; AI; robotics

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Selected milestones, newest first. Explore earlier career below.

  1. Acquires Twitter

    Musk completes the acquisition of the social network, later renamed X.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. SpaceX launches its first astronauts

    Crew Dragon’s Demo-2 mission carries NASA astronauts into orbit under his company’s leadership.

    Source: NASA
Show earlier careerHide earlier career · 5 milestones

More than 10 years ago.

  1. Becomes Tesla CEO

    He takes the chief executive role after initially joining as an investor and chairman.

    Source: Tesla

  2. Joins Tesla’s board

    His involvement with the electric-vehicle company begins as an early investor and director.

    Source: Tesla

  3. Founds SpaceX

    He establishes SpaceX to develop launch vehicles and spacecraft.

    Source: Tesla

  4. Co-founds X.com

    The online financial-services venture later becomes part of PayPal.

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. Co-founds Zip2

    His first major startup develops online city guides and publishing software.

    Source: Wikipedia

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