Elon Reeve Musk (born 1971)
Born in Pretoria, South Africa • Entrepreneur & engineer • CEO of SpaceX & Tesla
Major Companies
6+
Rockets Launched
300+
EVs (Tesla)
Millions
SpaceX
Reusable rockets & Starship development
Tesla
Mass-market electric cars & energy
Neuralink
Brain–computer interfaces & research
The Boring Company
Tunnelling & hyperloop experiments
Quick Biography
Elon Reeve Musk (born June 28, 1971) is a technology entrepreneur, engineer and investor. He co-founded Zip2 and X.com (later PayPal), founded SpaceX in 2002 and joined Tesla in 2004. Musk is known for ambitious projects: reusable rockets (Falcon 9), Starship, mass-market electric vehicles (Model S, 3, X, Y), brain–computer research (Neuralink), tunneling (The Boring Company) and acquiring X (Twitter). He moved from South Africa to Canada and later the United States, and has become one of the world's most prominent — and polarizing — tech figures.
Net worth (peak)
$200B+
Estimates vary with markets — tracked by Forbes/Bloomberg
Notable Honors
- Royal Society Fellowship (honorary contexts)
- Multiple industry awards for innovation
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Quotes & Trivia
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor." — Elon Musk
Fun fact: As a child, Elon coded and sold a video game called Blastar at age 12.
Trivia: SpaceX's Falcon 9 first landed a booster successfully in 2015 — a major milestone for reusability.
Odd but true: He once started The Boring Company after complaining about LA traffic and sold flamethrowers as merch.