Elon Reeve Musk FRS is a businessman known for his key roles in the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc. His other involvements include ownership of X Corp., the company that operates the social media platform X, and his role in the founding of the Boring Company, xAI, Neuralink, and OpenAI.

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Quick Fact

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Full NameElon Reeve Musk
Date of birthJune 28, 1971
Place of birthPretoria, South Africa
AncestrySouth African, Canadian, and American

Family

CategoryDetails
FatherErrol Musk (Engineer)
MotherMaye Musk (Model and Dietitian)
SiblingsKimbal Musk (Brother), Tosca Musk (Sister)
SpousesJustine Wilson (2000–2008), Talulah Riley (2010–2012, 2013–2016)
PartnersGrimes (Claire Boucher, 2018–2021)
Children10 children, including X Æ A-12
GrandparentsWalter Henry James Musk, Wyn Haldeman
Notable RelativesLyndon Rive (Cousin, co-founder of SolarCity)

Personal Life Milestones

YearMilestone
1981Built his first computer and developed a video game called Blastar.
1995Co-founded Zip2, an online city guide, which was sold for $307 million in 1999.
1999Co-founded X.com, which later became PayPal, sold to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion.
2002Founded SpaceX to revolutionize space technology.
2004Became a major investor and chairman of Tesla, later its CEO and product architect.
2006Co-founded SolarCity, a solar energy services company.
2015Co-founded OpenAI, an AI research organization.
2016Founded Neuralink and The Boring Company.
2022Acquired Twitter (now X) for $44 billion.

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Last modified: December 10, 2024