Elon Musk

Identity

Full name

Elon Musk^{1 2 3}

Also known as

Elon Reeve Musk

Country

United States

Born

1971

Status

Active

Current roles

• Oct 2008 – presentChief Executive Officer (also styled Technoking of Tesla) · Tesla, Inc.^{1 2}
• May 2002 – presentChief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chairman · Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)^{1 2}
• Founder and Chief Executive Officer · Neuralink Corp.¹
• Founder · The Boring Company¹

Former roles

• Mar 2025President, Treasurer, Chief Executive Officer and director · X.AI Holdings Corp.^{1 4 5}
• 2025 – May 2025Senior Advisor to the President (special government employee) · Executive Office of the President, United States (associated with the Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE)^{6 7 8}
• Mar 2023 – Mar 2025Chief Executive Officer and board member · xAI^{1 2}
• 27 Oct 2022 – Mar 2025Acquirer of Twitter, Inc. · Twitter, Inc. (now X Corp.)^{9 4}
• Oct 2022 – Mar 2025Chief Technology Officer and board member · X Corp. (formerly Twitter)¹
• Apr 2021 – Jun 2022Board member · Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.^{1 2}
• Jul 2006 – Nov 2016Chairman of the Board · SolarCity Corporation¹
• 2018Chairman of the Board · Tesla, Inc.^{10 2}

Evidence

1. PrimaryTesla, Inc. 2026 Proxy Statement (Form DEF 14A)Tesla, Inc. / U.S. SEC EDGAR · Oct 2026
2. PrimaryTesla, Inc. Form 10-K/A for fiscal year 2025 (Amendment No. 1)Tesla, Inc. / U.S. SEC EDGAR · 2026
3. SecondaryElon MuskEncyclopaedia Britannica
4. SecondaryMusk's xAI buys social media platform X for US$33bil (Reuters)Reuters, via Free Malaysia Today · 29 Mar 2025
5. SecondarySpaceX acquires xAI in record-setting deal as Musk looks to unify AI and space ambitions (Reuters)Reuters, via Ada Derana · 3 Feb 2026
6. SecondaryWhite House says Musk is not DOGE employee (NPR)NPR, via MPR News · 18 Feb 2025
7. SecondaryElon Musk leaves Trump admin (Reuters)Reuters, via DZRH · 28 May 2025
8. SecondaryElon Musk announces departure from Trump administration as 130-day role endsABC News · 29 May 2025
9. SecondaryElon Musk has finally bought Twitter; fires top executivesSemafor · 27 Oct 2022
10. PrimaryElon Musk Settles SEC Fraud Charges; Tesla Charged With and Resolves Securities Law Charge (Press Release 2018-226)U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · 29 Sep 2018