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Elon Musk

1971 – ? American, South African, Canadian entrepreneur, Tesla and SpaceX CEO

World's richest person for much of the 2020s, leading electric cars, rockets and AI ventures.

Religion
Not religious; raised in the Anglican Church.
Affiliations
Co-founded Zip2 and X.com, which became PayPal; runs Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, The Boring Company, xAI and X (formerly Twitter). Co-founded OpenAI in 2015.

Elon Reeve Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and moved to Canada and then the United States. He built early web companies before Tesla and SpaceX made him the world's wealthiest person. He bought Twitter in 2022 and renamed it X, and founded the AI company xAI in 2023.

Connections

  • associate of David Sacks — PayPal Mafia colleagues.
  • associate of Jack Dorsey — Dorsey supported Musk's 2022 takeover of Twitter.
  • rival of Jeff Bezos — Competing space companies, SpaceX versus Blue Origin.
  • rival of Jeff Bezos — Competing space ventures, Blue Origin versus SpaceX.
  • ally of Larry Ellison — Ellison invested in Tesla and joined its board.
  • associate of Larry Page — Once close friends who split over AI safety.
  • associate of Larry Page — Were close friends who later fell out over AI safety.
  • associate of Max Levchin — PayPal Mafia colleagues.
  • associate of Peter Thiel — PayPal co-founders and the anchor of the 'PayPal Mafia.'
  • associate of Peter Thiel — PayPal co-founders; core of the 'PayPal Mafia.'
  • associate of Reid Hoffman — PayPal Mafia colleagues.
  • rival of Richard Branson — Competing private space ventures, Virgin Galactic versus SpaceX.
  • rival of Sam Altman — Co-founded OpenAI together; Musk left and later sued the company.
  • rival of Sam Altman — Co-founded OpenAI; Musk left and later sued the company.

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