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Elon Musk — key information
Tesla, Inc.Company
CEO, TeslaPosition
United StatesCountry
Automotive / energyIndustry
SpaceXCEO
X (dawniej Twitter)Właściciel
xAIZałożyciel
NeuralinkWspółzałożyciel
The Boring CompanyZałożyciel
WHO IS WHO
Profile
Company
Elon Musk works at
Career
Career milestones
Key moments in the career of Elon Musk.
- 012016
Tesla acquires SolarCity
- 022017
Tesla Model 3 production begins
- 032018
SEC settlement; steps down as Tesla chairman
- 042022
Acquires Twitter
- 052023
Founds xAI; Twitter is renamed X
- 062025
Heads DOGE until May; Tesla approves a pay package worth up to $1 trillion (November)
- 072026
SpaceX IPO; world's first trillionaire (June)
Did you know?
Trivia about Elon Musk
Stories and details from the Mediarun newsroom archive.
- Trivia 1
Born on 28 June 1971 in Pretoria, he emigrated to Canada in 1989; he holds Canadian citizenship through his Saskatchewan-born mother.
- Trivia 2
His mother Maye is a model and dietitian.
- Trivia 3
After the SpaceX IPO in June 2026 he became the first US-dollar trillionaire, but dropped below the mark the next month.
- Trivia 4
His grandfather Joshua Haldeman, a chiropractor and aviator, died in a plane crash.
Trivia about Tesla, Inc.
- Trivia 1
Elon Musk led Tesla's first funding round in February 2004 and became CEO in 2008.
- Trivia 2
Production of its first model, the Roadster, began in 2008 in the service bays of a former Chevrolet dealership in Menlo Park.
- Trivia 3
The Model 3 was the world's best-selling electric car from 2018 to 2021.
- Trivia 4
Gigafactory Shanghai, China's first wholly foreign-owned car plant, produced its first car less than a year after groundbreaking.
Decisions
Key decisions
- 2002Founding SpaceX
He founded SpaceX, a maker of reusable rockets.
- 2016Acquiring SolarCity
Tesla acquired SolarCity.
- 2022Buying Twitter
He bought Twitter for USD 44 billion.
- 2023Founding xAI
He founded the AI company xAI.
- 2025DOGE
He was a Trump adviser and de facto head of DOGE, leaving in May.
- 2026SpaceX IPO
SpaceX went public in June 2026.
In brief
Key facts
- 01Born in 1971 in Pretoria (South Africa)
- 02CEO of Tesla since 2008
- 03Founder of SpaceX (2002)
- 04Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania
Sources
Data sources
- —en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
- —pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
- —wikidata.org/wiki/Q317521
- —commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elon_Musk_-_54820081119_(cropped).jpg
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- —keid.app/filings/893849836355325952
- —sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2018-226
Elon Musk
Biography
Elon Musk has been CEO of Tesla since 2008 and is also the founder and head of SpaceX.
He co-founded PayPal as well as Neuralink and xAI.
He is one of the richest people in the world.
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