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Wikipedia biographical article on Elon Musk, covering his roles as founder and CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, as well as his early co-founding of OpenAI and public statements on AI risk. Relevant to AI safety discussions due to his significant influence on AI development trajectories and governance debates.
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- •Co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but departed from its board in 2018, later becoming a vocal critic of the organization's direction.
- •Founded xAI in 2023, developing the Grok large language model, positioning himself as a competitor in frontier AI development.
- •Has made high-profile public warnings about existential risks from AI, including describing it as 'the most existential threat' facing humanity.
- •His acquisition of Twitter/X and influence over major tech platforms gives him outsized impact on AI policy discourse and public narratives.
- •Involvement in government efficiency initiatives (DOGE) has raised questions about conflicts of interest in AI regulation.
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For other uses, see Elon Musk (disambiguation) .
Elon Musk FRS Musk in 2025 Born Elon Reeve Musk
( 1971-06-28 ) June 28, 1971 (age 54)
Pretoria , South Africa Citizenship South Africa
Canada
United States (since 2002)
Education University of Pennsylvania ( BA , BS ) Occupations CEO and product architect of Tesla
Founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX
Founder and CEO of xAI
Founder and CTO of X Corp.
Co-founder of Neuralink , the Boring Company , OpenAI , Zip2 , and X.com (part of PayPal )
President of the Musk Foundation
Political party Independent Spouses
Justine Wilson
​   ​ ( m.  2000;  div.  2008) ​
Talulah Riley
​   ​ ( m.  2010;  div.  2012) ​
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  ​ ( m.  2013;  div.  2016) ​
Children 14 [ a ] (publicly known), including Vivian Wilson Parents Errol Musk (father)
Maye Musk (mother)
Relatives Musk family Awards Full list Senior Advisor to the President In office
January 20, 2025 – May 28, 2025
Serving with Massad Boulos President Donald Trump
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Musk on his departure from the Department of Government Efficiency
Recorded May 30, 2025
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Elon Reeve Musk ( / ˈ iː l ɒ n / EE -lon ; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla , SpaceX , X , and xAI . Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of April 2026, [update] Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$809 billion.
Born into a wealthy family in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk emigrated in 1989 to Canada; he
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