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Role / Title
Founder & CEO
as of Mar 2023
Net Worth
$330 billion
as of Mar 2025
Birth Year
1,971
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People
Employed ByGLXKjYAEKwMar 20232 pts▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | xAI | x.ai | f_7FJCjl4c9Q |
| Dec 2015 | OpenAI | openai.com | f_N2rrW9c6JA |
Role / TitleFounder & CEOMar 20232 pts▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | Founder & CEO | x.ai | f_AJGGu7rpAw |
| Dec 2015 | Co-chairman | openai.com | f_Xd4JyJmh7A |
Background
Birth Year1,971—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1,971 | — | f_CwDWKGq7Ig |
EducationBS in Economics and BS in Physics, University of Pennsylvania; briefly attended Stanford PhD program (dropped out after 2 days)—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | BS in Economics and BS in Physics, University of Pennsylvania; briefly attended Stanford PhD program (dropped out after 2 days) | en.wikipedia.org | f_eM1aB2cD3e |
Net Worth$330 billionMar 2025▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | $330 billion | bloomberg.com | f_eM7kL8mN9o |
Notable ForCEO of Tesla and SpaceX; founder of xAI; co-founder of OpenAI; owner of X/Twitter; one of the wealthiest people in history—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | CEO of Tesla and SpaceX; founder of xAI; co-founder of OpenAI; owner of X/Twitter; one of the wealthiest people in history | en.wikipedia.org | f_eM4fG5hI6j |
Career History
8| Organization | Title | Start | End | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zip2 | Co-founder & CTO | 1995 | 1999 | en.wikipedia.org | Online city guide software; acquired by Compaq for ~$307M in 1999 |
| X.com / PayPal | Co-founder & CEO | 1999 | 2002 | en.wikipedia.org | Founded X.com which merged with Confinity to form PayPal; ousted as CEO; PayPal acquired by eBay for $1.5B in 2002 |
| SpaceX | Founder, CEO & Chief Engineer | 2002 | — | en.wikipedia.org | Founded Space Exploration Technologies Corp; developed Falcon 9 and Starship reusable rockets |
| Tesla | CEO | 2008 | — | en.wikipedia.org | Joined as chairman in 2004, became CEO in 2008; led Tesla to become most valuable automaker |
| openai | Co-founder & Co-chairman | Dec 2015 | Feb 2018 | openai.com | Co-founded OpenAI; left board Feb 2018; later sued OpenAI multiple times alleging breach of founding mission |
| Twitter / X Corp | Owner & (briefly) CEO | Oct 2022 | — | en.wikipedia.org | Acquired Twitter for $44B in October 2022; rebranded to X; appointed Linda Yaccarino as CEO in June 2023 |
| xai | Founder & CEO | Mar 2023 | — | x.ai | Founded xAI in March 2023; developed Grok AI model; built Colossus 100K GPU cluster |
| Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) | Senior Advisor | Jan 2025 | — | en.wikipedia.org | Appointed by President Trump to lead government efficiency efforts |
▶Internal Metadata
| ID | 69vftmr1jg |
| Stable ID | 69vftmr1jg |
| Numeric ID | E116 |
| Type | person |
| YAML Source | packages/kb/data/things/elon-musk.yaml |
| Facts | 9 structured (11 total) |
| Records | 8 in 1 collection |
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