About
Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and former public official who is the CEO and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX.
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Milestones, by age
Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.
- ~24Founded Zip21995
- 27Founded X.comMarch 1, 1999
- ~31Became CEO of SpaceX2002
- 30Founded SpaceXMarch 14, 2002
- 37Became CEO of TeslaOctober 1, 2008
- 44Founded OpenAIDecember 8, 2015
- 44Founded NeuralinkJune 1, 2016
- 45Founded The Boring CompanyDecember 17, 2016
- ~47Received the Fellow of the Royal Society2018
- ~47Named Time 1002018
- ~50Named Time Person of the Year2021
- 51Became CEO of TwitterOctober 27, 2022
- 51Founded X Corp.March 9, 2023
- 51Founded SpaceXAIMarch 9, 2023
- 53Became Senior Advisor to the President of the United StatesJanuary 20, 2025
Reported wealth
Each figure is a dated estimate from the publisher shown; wealth changes, and nothing here is live.
| As of | Estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | $790B | Forbes · current |
| March 2022 | $270B | Forbes |
| July 2021 | $162B | Forbes |
| April 2021 | $151B | Forbes |
| 2019 | $22.3B | Forbes |
| October 2016 | $11.5B | Forbes |
Sources
Every fact on this page traces to one of these.
Sources (8)
- Elon Musk (Q317521) · Wikidata
- Elon Musk · Wikipedia
- Elon Musk — Forbes net worth (via Wikidata) · Forbes · 2026
- Elon Musk — Forbes net worth (via Wikidata) · Forbes · 2022
- Elon Musk — Forbes net worth (via Wikidata) · Forbes · 2021
- Elon Musk — Forbes net worth (via Wikidata) · Forbes · 2021
- Elon Musk — Forbes net worth (via Wikidata) · Forbes · 2019
- Elon Musk — Forbes net worth (via Wikidata) · Forbes · 2016
Also born on June 28
Notable birthday twins
- George R. Roberts · 1943 · Entrepreneur
- Dagmar Dolby · 1941 · American billionaire heiress
- Koo Bon-sik · 1958 · Entrepreneur
- Mel Brooks · 1926 · Actor
- Kevin De Bruyne · 1991 · Athlete
- Kathy Bates · 1948 · Actor