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Elon Musk

Hello
I’m Elon Musk

Skills

Thinking through first principles. Marketing. Micro management. Goal oriented. Resiliency. Future focused. Leadership. Creativity. Time management. Persistence. Turning ideas into companies. Long term thinking.

Interests

Physics. Sustainability. Philanthropy. Alternate Energy. Space Engineering. Reading. Video games. Twitter. Extraterrestrial life. Artificial Intelligence.

Accomplishments

Top 5 richest people in the world - Forbes. 10 worlds most powerful people - Forbes. Business person of the year - Fortune magazine (2013). FAI Gold Space Medal (2010).

ABOUT

ROLE

LOCATION

Los Angeles, California, United States

Aiming to reduce global warming through sustainable energy production and consumption. Planning to reduce the risk of human extinction by making life multi-planetary and setting up a human colony on mars.

My Portfolio

Projects

  • Aug 2013 to Hyperloop

    "Hyperloop," an invention that would foster commuting between major cities while severely cutting travel time. Ideally resistant to weather and powered by renewable energy, the Hyperloop would propel riders in pods through a network of low-pressure tubes at speeds reaching more than 700 mph.


    Founder
    SpaceX

    https://www.spacex.com/hyperloop
  • Oct 2015 to PresentAI and Neuralink

    I pursued an interest in artificial intelligence, becoming co-chair of the nonprofit OpenAI. The research company launched in late 2015 with the stated mission of advancing digital intelligence to benefit humanity.


    Founder


    https://neuralink.com/
  • Jan 2018 to Mar 2018Flamethrower

    We also reportedly found a market for The Boring Company's flamethrowers. After announcing they were going on sale for $500 apiece in late January 2018, he claimed to have sold 10,000 of them within a day.



    The Boring Company

    https://www.boringcompany.com/not-a-flamethrower

Experience

  • Jan 1995 to Feb 1999Zip2 Corporation

    Launched my first company, Zip2 Corporation, in 1995 with my brother, Kimbal Musk. An online city guide, Zip2 was soon providing content for the new websites of both The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. In 1999, a division of Compaq Computer Corporation bought Zip2 for $307 million in cash and $34 million in stock options.


    Founder
    Self-employed
    https://web.archive.org/web/19990202180446/http://www.zip2.com:80/
  • Nov 1999 to Oct 2000PayPal

    In 1999, Me and Kimbal Musk used our money from the sale of Zip2 to found X.com, an online financial services/payments company. An X.com acquisition the following year led to the creation of PayPal as it is known today.


    Founder and CEO
    Self-employed
    https://www.paypal.com
  • May 2002 to PresentSpaceX

    I founded my third company, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, in 2002 with the intention of building spacecraft for commercial space travel. By 2008, SpaceX was well established, and NASA awarded the company the contract to handle cargo transport for the International Space Station—with plans for astronaut transport in the future—in a move to replace NASA’
    Founder and CEO
    Self-employed
    https://www.spacex.com

  • Jul 2003 to PresentTesla Motors

    I am the co-founder, CEO and product architect at Tesla Motors, a company formed in 2003 that is dedicated to producing affordable, mass-market electric cars as well as battery products and solar roofs. Musk oversees all product development, engineering and design of the com
    Founder and CEO
    Self-employed
    htttps://tesla.com

  • Jun 2006 to PresentSolarCity

    In August 2016, in my continuing effort to promote and advance sustainable energy and products for a wider consumer base, a $2.6 billion dollar deal was solidified to combine his electric car and solar energy companies. Mu Tesla Motors Inc. announced an all-stock deal purchase of SolarCity Corp., a company Musk had helped his cousins start in 2006.


    Founder
    Self-employed
    https://www.tesla.com/solarpanels
  • Dec 2016 to PresentThe Boring Company

    In January 2017, we launched The Boring Company, a company devoted to boring and building tunnels in order to reduce street traffic. We began with a test dig on the SpaceX property in Los Angeles.


    Founder
    Self-employed
    https://www.boringcompany.com/

Education

  • Jun 1990 to Jul 1994University of Pennsylvania

    Economics
    Bachelor of Science (BS)

  • Jul 1994 to Aug 1997University of Pennsylvania

    Physics
    Bachelor of Arts (BA)