Elon Musk

Elon Musk has had his hands in several different companies over time. Firstly enrolled at Stanford University, Musk remitted his attendance to launch Zip2, one of the foremost online navigation services. A portion of the proceeds from this bid was also reinvested to produceX.com, an online payment system that latterly came to PayPal. While both of these systems were ultimately vended to other companies, Musk has maintained his status as CEO and lead developer of his third design, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), which aims to make space disquisition more affordable.8

In 2004, Musk came to a major funder of Tesla Motors ( now Tesla), which led to him being retroactively declared aco-founder and his current position as CEO of the electric vehicle company.9 In addition to its line of electric motorcars — which include cruisers, sport mileage vehicles (SUVs), and the"Cybertruck" blazoned in 2019 — Tesla also produces energy storehouse bias, machine accessories, wares, and, through its accession of SolarCity in 2016, solar power systems.1011

In 2020, Tesla’s stock price endured an astronomical swell — rising over 740, helping push Musk to the top spot among billionaires. In December 2020, Tesla joined the S&P 500 that same month, the largest company added therefore far.12

In 2016, Musk innovated two further companies, Neuralink and The Boring Company, with him serving as the CEO of the former. Neuralink is developing brain-machine interface bias to help individuals suffering from palsy and potentially allow druggies to mentally interact with their computers and mobile bias.13

The Boring Company, meanwhile, develops boring machines for drilling coverts for underground public transportation systems, which would alleviate business traffic in major metropolises.14 It also (briefly) vended a handheld flamethrower.15