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.
- Current role
- Tesla CEO; SpaceX founder
- Born
- 28 June 1971
- Known for
- Tesla; SpaceX; X.com; Neuralink
- Coverage
- Vehicles; rockets; AI; robotics
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Career, in context.
Selected milestones, newest first. Explore earlier career below.
Acquires Twitter
Musk completes the acquisition of the social network, later renamed X.
Source: WikipediaSpaceX launches its first astronauts
Crew Dragon’s Demo-2 mission carries NASA astronauts into orbit under his company’s leadership.
Source: NASA
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More than 10 years ago.
Becomes Tesla CEO
He takes the chief executive role after initially joining as an investor and chairman.
Source: TeslaJoins Tesla’s board
His involvement with the electric-vehicle company begins as an early investor and director.
Source: TeslaCo-founds Zip2
His first major startup develops online city guides and publishing software.
Source: Wikipedia
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