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Age48

Source of WealthTesla Motors, SpaceX, Self Made

ResidenceLos Angeles, California

CitizenshipUnited States

Marital StatusDivorced

Children5

EducationBachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania

Musk was accepted to a graduate program at Stanford, but deferred attendance to launch his first business, software company Zip2.

As a kid Musk taught himself to code; he sold his first game, Blastar, for about $500.

$12B

Billionaires March 2015

$13.3B

Forbes 400 September 2015

$10.7B

Billionaires March 2016

$11.6B

Forbes 400 October 2016

$13.9B

Billionaires March 2017

$20.8B

Forbes 400 October 2017

$19.9B

Billionaires March 2018

$19.6B

Forbes 400 October 2018

$22.3B

Billionaires March 2019

$19.9B

Forbes 400 October 2019

I operate on the physics approach to analysis. You boil things down to the first principles or fundamental truths in a particular area and then you reason up from there.

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Mar 14, 2020

Elon Musk tweeted that coronavirus panic was dumb last Friday. Since then, the value of his Tesla stock has tanked by $5.5 billion.

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Mar 13, 2020

Since then, concerns over the disease have spread exponentially.

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Mar 10, 2020

Concerns about the economic impact of the coronavirus may be causing many CEOs to hold off on new multibillion-dollar capital investment projects. Not Elon Musk.

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Mar 10, 2020

The breathless surge in Tesla shares raised expectations Musk would soon hit the first tranche of a jaw-dropping pay package worth at least $55 billion over a decade

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Mar 9, 2020

SpaceXs Starlink constellation will not cause any problems for astronomy, the companys CEO and founder Elon Musk said today, Monday, March 9, despite many astronomers already being affected by the rapidly growing constellation.

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Mar 9, 2020

Case in point: The latest tweet from Elon Musk about the coronavirus now has almost two million likes on Twitter, and its gaining more retweets, replies, and likes by the hour.

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Mar 4, 2020

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Mar 4, 2020

Your cell phone call is dropped, no problem. Your AV loses all communication, is this a problem ?

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Mar 4, 2020

Elon Musk, who's still running his victory lap after his electric car company Tesla proved its detractors wrong, has once again gone out to bat for his "fav" bitcoin alternativesending its price sharply higher...

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Mar 2, 2020

A billionaire investor may want Jack Dorsey out from Twitter. But some of Dorsey's employeesand another high-profile tech billionairedon't seem to share that sentiment.

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Mar 2, 2020

It was bold but wrong for the Tesla and SpaceX CEO to proclaim the end of manned fighter aircraft in front of U.S. Air Force officers. Here's why manned fighters will hold the competitive edge over drones and remote-piloted aircraft for decades into the future.

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Feb 29, 2020

Tesla's CEO tells a roomful of 'fighter mafia' that their days are numbered. In many respects he's right, but here's why it may take a lot longer than he predicted before drones displace manned fighter aircraft.

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Feb 21, 2020

Tesla raised $2.3 billion from a secondary stock offering it announced a week ago. In the same time frame, Musks net worth surged by an even higher figure.

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Feb 18, 2020

We live in the crazy world of social media where famous billionaires take swipes at one another.

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Feb 14, 2020

The handbook is like its founderno-nonsense, direct and to the point.

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Feb 13, 2020

The new offering is a surprise as Musk recently said the company didn't need to raise funds.

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