Elon Reeve Musk is an entrepreneur and businessperson who founded 5 companies, which include: Tesla, Inc., PayPal, Inc. and The Boring Co. and who has been at the helm of 7 different companies.

He is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Tesla, Inc. (which he founded in 2003), Chief Executive Officer & Director at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (which he founded in 2002), Chief Executive & Technology Officer at Spacex SA (a subsidiary of Space Exploration Technologies Corp.), Chief Executive Officer of The Boring Co. (which he founded in 2016) and Co-Chairman at OpenAir, Inc. Elon Reeve Musk is also on the board of Musk Foundation.

He previously was Chairman for Tesla Energy Operations, Inc. and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of PayPal, Inc. (he founded the company in 1998).

He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Elon Reeve Musk (IPAc-en|ˈ|iː|l|ɒ|n|_|ˈ|m|ʌ|s|k; born June 28, 1971) is a South Africa-born, Canadian American business magnate, engineer and investor. He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and chief product architect of Tesla Motors, and chairman of SolarCity. He is the founder of SpaceX and the cofounder of PayPal, Tesla Motors, and Zip2. He has also envisioned a conceptual high-speed transportation system known as the Hyperloop.

Early life
Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa, to a Canadian-English mother and prominent model Maye Musk and a South African-born British father and electrical/mechanical engineer Errol Musk.cite web|url= Family Leads to the Installer Universe|date=May 2011|first=Seth|last=Masia|publis

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