Elon Musk
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Elon Musk

United States 55 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Tesla, SpaceX
Industry
Automotive
Residence
Austin, Texas
Organization
CEO at Tesla
Education
University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Divorced
Children
11

Assets

  • Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
    4,766,475,230 shares @ $148.30
    $706,868,276,609
    SPCX-US
  • Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
    350,000,000 shares @ $148.30
    $51,905,000,000
    SPCX-US
  • Tesla
    395,620,252 shares @ $394.06
    $155,898,116,503
    TSLA-US

Biography

Elon Musk cofounded seven companies, including electric car maker Tesla, rocket producer SpaceX and artificial intelligence startup xAI.

He owns about 12% of Tesla, which he first backed in 2004, and which he's led as CEO since 2008. He also owns options to acquire another 8%.

Musk led a group that bought Twitter for $44 billion in 2022. He merged it with xAI in 2025 in deal that valued the combined company at $113 billion (net of debt).

SpaceX, founded in 2002, acquired xAI in February 2026 in a deal that valued the combined company at $1.25 trillion. Musk owns a nearly 40% stake.

Musk also founded tunneling startup The Boring Company and brain implant outfit Neuralink. The two startups have raised around $2 billion from private investors combined.

About

Musk, who says he's worried about population collapse, has fathered at least 14 children with four women, including triplets and two sets of twins.

As a kid in South Africa, Musk taught himself to code; he sold his first game, Blastar, for about $500.