Elon Musk - Founder, CEO & CTO @ SpaceX - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

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Primary Job Title Founder, CEO & CTO
Primary Organization
SpaceX

Location Hawthorne, California, United States
Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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X (Twitter) View on X

Elon Musk is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Technology Officer of SpaceX. Elon previously worked at OpenAI as a Co-Founder. Elon Musk attended the University of Pennsylvania.

Personal Investments

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Elon Musk

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Venture Round - X (formerly Twitter)

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	X (formerly Twitter)	—	Venture Round - X (formerly Twitter)	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Stripe	—	Series A - Stripe	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Stripe	—	Seed Round - Stripe	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Game Trust	—	Series B - Game Trust	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	PayPal	—	Series C - PayPal	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	BIOSORRA	Musk Foundation	Yes	Pre Seed Round - BIOSORRA	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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exit -

X (formerly Twitter)

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exits. Their most notable exits are

X (formerly Twitter)

PayPal

, and

Game Trust

X (formerly Twitter) X is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read microblogs.
PayPal PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide.
Game Trust Game Trust offers infrastructure for community and commerce apps in the online games and entertainment industry.

Jobs

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Number of Past Jobs

Elon Musk

has

current jobs including

CEO and Founder

xAI

Founder

Grok

, and

Founder

The Boring Company

. Additionally,

Elon Musk

has had

past jobs including

CEO

X (formerly Twitter)

xAI CEO and Founder2023
Grok Founder2023
The Boring Company Founder2017
Neuralink Co-Founder & Co-CEO2017
StreShi Developer2016
Tesla CEO2003
SpaceX Founder, CEO & CTOJun 2002
SolarCity Principal Shareholder

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
X (formerly Twitter)	CEO	Oct 2022	2023
OpenAI	Co-founder	Dec 2015	2018
Tesla	Product Architect & Chief Executive Officer	—	Jul 14, 2016
PayPal	Co-Founder	Mar 1999	Oct 2000
zip2	Co-Founder	1995	Feb 1999

Board and Advisor Roles

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Elon Musk

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

X (formerly Twitter)

Advisor to CEO

eSaver

, and

General Managing Manager

Proforce Limited

X (formerly Twitter) Board MemberApr 2022
eSaver Advisor to CEOJun 1, 2015
Proforce Limited General Managing Manager2008
Brittoverse Advisor1924
SolarCity Chairman of the Board of Directors
xAI Board Member
XPRIZE Member of the Board of Trustees
Tesla Board Member

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Tesla	Chairman of the Board of Directors	—	Oct 2018
OpenAI	Chairman of the Board of Directors	—	—
Halcyon Molecular	Member of the Board of Directors	Sep 2010	—

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
United States Companies With More Than $100M in Revenue (Top 10K)	231
Baylor College of Medicine Alumni Founded Companies	77,307
FHNW Alumni Founded Companies	81,898
Texas A&M University-Commerce Alumni Founded Companies	76,869
Universidad de Monterrey Alumni Founded Companies	95,189
Santa Clara University School of Law Alumni Founded Companies	87,867
Staffordshire University Alumni Founded Companies	74,294
IESEG School of Management Alumni Founded Companies	76,513
United States Public Companies With More Than 1000 Employees	2,652
Guru Nanak Dev University Alumni Founded Companies	88,684

Education

Elon Musk

studied at

University of Pennsylvania

and

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania B.A.Physics
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania BSBusiness

Events

Number of Events

Elon Musk

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

Viva Technology 2023

May 23, 2023

Viva Technology 2023 Speaker Paris, Ile-de-France, France, EuropeMay 23, 2023
Code Conference 2016 Speaker Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States, North AmericaMay 31, 2016
TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2011 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaSep 12, 2011

Recent News and Activity

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News•

Jun 17, 2026