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Tesla CEO; SpaceX founder
Elon Musk is Tesla’s chief executive and the founder of SpaceX. His career spans electric vehicles, space transportation, internet businesses and artificial intelligence. Before SpaceX, he co-founded Zip2 and the business that became PayPal. He joined Tesla’s board in 2004 and became CEO in 2008. His other ventures include Neuralink and The Boring Company, and he helped launch OpenAI in 2015.
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Elon Musk is Tesla’s chief executive and the founder of SpaceX. His career spans electric vehicles, space transportation, internet businesses and artificial intelligence. Before SpaceX, he co-founded Zip2 and the business that became PayPal. He joined Tesla’s board in 2004 and became CEO in 2008. His other ventures include Neuralink and The Boring Company, and he helped launch OpenAI in 2015.
- Current role
- Tesla CEO; SpaceX founder ↗
- Tesla leadership
- Board member since April 2004; CEO since October 2008 ↗
- Early companies
- Zip2; PayPal predecessor ↗
- Other ventures
- Neuralink; The Boring Company ↗
Sources checked . Selected career background and milestones.
Career, in context.
Selected research, leadership and career milestones, newest first.
SpaceX acquires xAI
xAI’s official announcement states that SpaceX has acquired the AI company, adding a documented AI-company transaction to the history of Musk’s space business.
Source: xAI ↗SpaceX launches its first astronauts
SpaceX launches NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard Crew Dragon on the Demo-2 test flight, beginning the spacecraft’s first mission with people.
Source: NASA ↗Helps launch OpenAI
OpenAI’s founding announcement names Musk and Sam Altman as co-chairs of the nonprofit research organisation, marking an early connection to the AI field.
Source: OpenAI ↗Becomes Tesla CEO
Musk becomes Tesla’s chief executive in October 2008 after serving on its board. Tesla’s executive biography records the start of his CEO tenure.
Source: Tesla ↗Joins Tesla’s board
Musk joins Tesla’s board in April 2004, beginning his formal leadership involvement with the electric-vehicle company several years before becoming its chief executive.
Source: Tesla ↗Founds SpaceX
Musk establishes Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX, in 2002. Tesla’s executive biography dates the start of his SpaceX leadership to May.
Source: Tesla ↗Zip2 is acquired by Compaq
Compaq acquires Zip2, the internet software business Musk co-founded, in March 1999. The sale precedes his subsequent ventures in online payments and spaceflight.
Source: Tesla ↗
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