Investor profile
Elon Reeve Musk
CEO and product architect, Tesla
Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur and executive. He is the CEO of Tesla and the founder and CEO of SpaceX and xAI. He also leads X Corp. as its founder and CTO and co‑founded Neuralink and The Boring Company. He was born in 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa, and later became a U.S. citizen. He co‑founded Zip2 and X.com, which became PayPal. He acquired Twitter in 2022 and rebranded it as X. He relocated to Texas in 2020.
Current roles include CEO and product architect at Tesla, Founder, CEO and chief engineer at SpaceX, Founder and CTO; Executive Chairman at X Corp., Founder and CEO at xAI, Co‑founder at Neuralink, and Founder at The Boring Company. Based in Texas, United States.
Earlier roles include Co‑founder at Zip2 and Founder (X.com); CEO (post‑merger) at X.com / PayPal. Personal investments include DeepMind, Vicarious, and SolarCity.
Career
Career history and operating roles assembled from public biographies and company records.
- May 2002 - PresentFounder, CEO and chief engineerCurrentExecutiveSSpaceXMay 2002 - PresentFounder, CEO and chief engineerCurrentExecutiveSSpaceX
- Jan 2008 - PresentCEO and product architectCurrentExecutiveTTeslaJan 2008 - PresentCEO and product architectCurrentExecutiveTTesla
- Oct 2022 - PresentFounder and CTO; Executive ChairmanCurrentExecutiveXX Corp.Oct 2022 - PresentFounder and CTO; Executive ChairmanCurrentExecutiveXX Corp.
Portfolio Companies
Publicly attributed investments compiled from reporting and company disclosures.
- VVicariousSeries BMar 22, 2014Reported round size$40M
- SSolarCitySeries ASep 12, 2006Reported round size$10M
- DDeepMindUndisclosed roundDate not publicAmount not publicundisclosed
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Elon Musk
en.wikipedia.org
“Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈiːlɒn / EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI.”
Business career of Elon Musk - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
“Elon Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known predominantly for his leading roles in the automotive company Tesla, Inc. and the space company SpaceX”
forbes.com
“Mar 10, 2026 — Elon Musk cofounded seven companies, including electric car maker Tesla, rocket producer SpaceX and artificial intelligence startup xAI.”