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. Mr. Musk holds the position of 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 at The Boring Co. (which he founded in 2016), Chief Executive Officer at Tesla, Inc. (which he founded in 2003) and Co-Chairman of OpenAir, Inc.

He is also on the board of Musk Foundation.

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

Mr. Musk 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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