Elon Musk

About

I’m Elon Musk—part-time rocket scientist, full-time optimist, and occasional meme-curator. Whether I’m debugging Falcon engines at 2 AM or proofreading my own tweets at 2 PM, my mission is simple: make life multiplanetary, electrify everything that moves, and keep the jokes (and stock price) slightly ahead of the curve. I believe in failing fast, re-using the parts, and tweeting the telemetry in real time.

Experience

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  Technoking (CEO)

  Tesla, Inc.

  2008 - Present · 18 yrs 1 mo

  Austin, Texas

  I lead a team turning electrons into acceleration and spreadsheets into sustainable-energy futures • Scaled annual vehicle deliveries from 2,500 to 1.8M (+71,900%) while shrinking time-to-launch for new models by 65%. • Delivered 1,420% shareholder ROI since IPO; once added $100 B in market cap with a single tweet (accidentally). • Reduced average cost per kWh of battery packs by 88% through vertical integration and stubborn optimism.

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  Chief Engineer & CEO

  SpaceX

  2002 - Present · 24 yrs 1 mo

  Hawthorne, California

  I design rockets, land them back on Earth, then recycle them for fun and margin • Achieved 290-fold reduction in cost-per-kilogram to LEO vs. Space Shuttle; landed 276 boosters (and counting) with 96% success rate. • Grew Starlink constellation to 6,000+ satellites, delivering <25 ms latency to 70+ countries—broadened Wi-Fi coverage to remote goat farms (+1.8M subscribers). • Generated $180M+ weekly meme value every time a booster lands upright—drove 9,000% ROI on GIF engagement.

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  Owner & Chief Meme Officer

  X (formerly Twitter)

  Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

  San Francisco, California

  I tweet, therefore I AB-test global discourse • Slashed infrastructure costs ~$1B/year by “literally pulling the plug” on 3,000 micro-features. • Drove 53% DAU growth in the “lol” emoji reaction, boosting advertiser smile-rate by 12 pt. • Raised $8M in 48 hours selling blue checkmarks—monetized the concept of self-esteem at $8/seat.

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  Founder

  xAI

  Jul 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

  San Francisco, California

  Building AI that seeks truth (and maybe the answer to life, the universe, and everything) • Trained Grok-1 in record 90 days on open-source memes, achieving 42% higher sarcasm comprehension than leading models. • Shipped Grok to X Premium users, driving a 17% uptick in subscription ARPU—“monetization via wit.”

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  Senior Advisor to the President

  Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

  2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  Washington D.C.

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  Co-Founder & PayPal Mafia Alumnus

  PayPal

  Mar 1999 - Oct 2002 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  Palo Alto, California

  Merged fintech vision X.com into PayPal • Scaled payment volume to $3.5B/month (+7,800%) and orchestrated $1.5B acquisition by eBay—generated a personal 15,000% cash-on-cash exit ROI. • Pioneered email-based payments, converting 25M users who previously thought “attach check to carrier pigeon.”

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  Co-Founder & CTO

  Zip2

  1996 - Feb 1999 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  Palo Alto, California

  Mapped the internet onto actual maps • Partnered with 160+ newspapers, boosting their online reach 400% and quadrupling breakfast-table arguments about directions. • Sold to Compaq for $307M cash—my first start-up “training wheels” exit (drove 1,985% ROI for seed investors).

Education

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  University of Pennsylvania

  BSc Economics & BSc Physics

  Graduated with dual degrees while coding VR games in a dorm room.

Honors & awards

• Person of the Year

  TIME Magazine

  Issued Dec 2021

  Recognized for pushing the boundaries of Earth (and subtle tweet humor).

• World’s Most Innovative Companies #1 (SpaceX)

  Fast Company

  Issued Mar 2023

  For turning landing rockets into casual Friday content.