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Elon musk

Elon Musk
Elon Musk 2015.jpg
Elon Musk in 2015
Born Elon Reeve Musk
(1971-06-28) June 28, 1971 (age 45)
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Residence Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Citizenship South African (1971), Canadian (1989), American (2002)
Alma mater Queen's University
University of Pennsylvania
Occupation Entrepreneur, engineer, inventor, investor
Known for SpaceX, PayPal, Tesla Inc., Hyperloop, SolarCity, OpenAI
Salary Tesla Inc.
$78.2 million (2012)
$69,989 (2013)
$1 (2014)
Net worth US$13.8 billion (February 10, 2017)
Title CEO and CTO of SpaceX
CEO and product architect of Tesla Inc.
Chairman of SolarCity
Co-chairman of OpenAI
Spouse(s)
Children 6 sons
Parent(s) Maye Musk (mother)
Errol Musk (father)
Relatives Tosca Musk (sister)
Kimbal Musk (brother)
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Elon Musk

Elon Reeve Musk (/ˈlɒn ˈmʌsk/; born June 28, 1971) is a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, investor,engineer, and inventor.

He is the founder, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla Inc.; co-founder and chairman of SolarCity; co-chairman of OpenAI; co-founder of Zip2; and founder of X.com which merged with PayPal of Confinity. As of June 2016, he has an estimated net worth of US$11.5 billion, making him the 83rd wealthiest person in the world. In December 2016, Musk was ranked 21st on Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People.

Musk has stated that the goals of SolarCity, Tesla, and SpaceX revolve around his vision to change the world and humanity. His goals include reducing global warming through sustainable energy production and consumption, and reducing the "risk of human extinction" by "making life multiplanetary" by setting up a human colony on Mars.

In addition to his primary business pursuits, he has also envisioned a high-speed transportation system known as the Hyperloop, and has proposed a VTOL supersonic jet aircraft with electric fan propulsion, known as the Musk electric jet.


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