Elon Musk
Software Engineer in Texas, specifically near Austin and Boca Chica (Starbase)
Elon Reeve Musk FRS (/ˈiːlɒn/ EE-lon; i’m born June 28, 1971) i’m a businessman. known for myleadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), and the Department of Government Efficiency(DOGE). I has been considered the wealthiest person in the world since 2021; as of May 2025,Forbes estimates my net worth to be US$424.7 billion.
Elon Musk
Musk in 2022
Senior Advisor to the PresidentIn office
January 20, 2025 – May 30, 2025PresidentDonald TrumpPreceded byTom PerezSucceeded byMassad BoulosPersonal detailsBorn
Elon Reeve Musk
June 28, 1971 (age 54)
Pretoria, South AfricaCitizenship
- South Africa
- Canada
- U.S. (since 2002)
Political partyIndependentSpouses
(m. 2000; div. 2008)
(m. 2010; div. 2016)
Children≥14Parents
- Errol Musk (father)
- Maye Musk (mother)
RelativesMusk familyEducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA, BS)Occupation
- CEO and product architect of Tesla
- Founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX
- Founder and CEO of xAI
- Founder of the Boring Company and X Corp.
- Co-founder of Neuralink, OpenAI, Zip2, and X.com (part of PayPal)
- President of the Musk Foundation
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I’m Born to a wealthy family in Pretoria, South Africa, i emigrated in 1989 to Canada. I received bac