Elon Musk
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👤 Bio & Residence
Full Name: Elon Reeve Musk
Date of Birth: June 28, 1971
Place of Birth: Pretoria, South Africa
Height: 188 cm (6′2″)
Weight: ≈90 kg (198 lbs)
Religion: Agnostic / atheist-leaning
Nationality: South African–born American (also Canadian)
Marital Status: Not married — past partners include Justine Musk, Talulah Riley, Grimes; partner & co-parent: Shivon Zilis • Marriages: 3
Children: 14 (see FAQ for names)
Occupation: CEO & Chief Engineer — SpaceX; CEO/Chief Product Architect — Tesla; Owner — X; Founder — xAI; Co-founder — Neuralink, OpenAI; Founder — The Boring Company
Education: Queen’s University (attended); University of Pennsylvania — B.A. Physics & B.S. Economics (Wharton); Stanford PhD (deferred)
Ancestry: British & Pennsylvania Dutch (paternal), Canadian (maternal)
Net Worth: ≈$380B (public estimates, Aug 2025; fluctuates daily)
Total Social Followers: X 190M+ (primary platform); other networks minimal
Businesses: Tesla, SpaceX (Starlink), X, xAI (Grok), Neuralink, The Boring Company
Current Residence: Texas (Austin & Boca Chica/Starbase)
Number of Houses: Multiple/operational residences (primarily Texas)
🎓 Education & Early Life
- Raised in South Africa; early interest in computing and entrepreneurship (sold a video game, Blastar, as a teen).
- Immigrated to North America via Canada; studied at Queen’s University, then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania.
- Completed dual degrees in physics and economics; briefly entered a PhD at Stanford before launching startups.
- Early ventures: Zip2 (sold to Compaq) and X.com → PayPal (sold to eBay), providing capital for SpaceX and Tesla.
- Known for intense work ethic, systems thinking, and first-principles engineering approach.
🏆 Career Highlights
- SpaceX — reusable rocketry (Falcon 9/Heavy), crewed flights, global Starlink internet; ongoing Starship test flights toward full reusability and Mars ambitions.
- Tesla — scaled EV adoption worldwide; battery, autonomy, and energy storage programs.
- X (formerly Twitter) — acquired 2022, rebranded 2023; integrated payments, audio/video, and creator tools.
- xAI — founded 2023; rapid growth of the Grok model suite and ecosystem (major funding and valuation moves in 2025).
- Neuralink — brain–computer interface research; early human trials announced.
- The Boring Company — tunneling projects and prototyping for urban transport.
- Global influence across aerospace, automotive, AI, and infrastructure; frequent market impact with announcements.
🧠 Did You Know?
- Pioneered routine orbital-class booster landings, slashing launch costs.
- Starlink services millions of users globally, including remote and disaster zones.
- Became the world’s richest person multiple times; fortune swings with tech markets.
- Advocates multi-planetary life and sustainable energy transition.
- Often sleeps at factories or test sites during critical production phases.
- Helped found OpenAI in 2015 before departing its board in 2018.
- Prefers first-principles design reviews over traditional org charts.
- Known for bold timelines that push teams toward rapid iteration.
- Has hosted live product demos spanning rockets, chips, and robots.
- Popularized the concept of a high-speed transit “Hyperloop” (open-sourced).
- Early investor and then leader at Tesla; titles have included “Technoking.”
- Owns and actively uses the social platform X to communicate product updates.
- His companies employ tens of thousands across the U.S. and abroad.
- Has inspired a new wave of commercial space competition.
- Frequently engages directly with customers and critics on social media.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
When was Elon Musk born?
June 28, 1971 — Pretoria, South Africa.
Is he married? What’s his status now?
Not married in 2025. Past marriages: Justine Musk (2000–2008) and Talulah Riley (2010–2012; 2013–2016). Relationships include Grimes; co-parenting with Shivon Zilis.
Children (names)?
14 known children: Nevada (deceased, 2002); twins Griffin & Vivian (2004); triplets Kai, Saxon & Damian (2006); X Æ A-12 “X” (2020); Exa Dark Sideræl “Y” (2021); twins Strider & Azure (2021); Techno Mechanicus “Tau” (2023); plus Arcadia, Seldon Lycurgus & Romulus (reported 2024–2025).
How tall is he?
About 188 cm (6′2″).
What is his net worth in 2025?
Approximately $380B as of August 2025 (public real-time estimates vary daily).
What companies does he lead today?
SpaceX (CEO/Chief Engineer), Tesla (CEO/Chief Product Architect), X (owner), xAI (founder), Neuralink (co-founder), The Boring Company (founder).
Where does he live and work?
Primarily Texas — Austin (Tesla, xAI, Neuralink presence) and Boca Chica/Starbase (SpaceX launches).
Why is Starship important?
It aims for full reusability and super-heavy lift, key to large-scale satellite deployment and future Moon/Mars missions.
What is Grok?
Grok is xAI’s conversational AI model family integrated into X and partner products.