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ln Rv Msk (; brn Jn 28, 1971) s bsnssmn knwn fr hs ky rls n th spc cmpny SpcX nd th tmtv cmpny Tsl, nc. Hs thr nvlvmnts ncld wnrshp f X Crp., th cmpny tht prts th scl md pltfrm X (frmrly Twttr), nd hs rl n th fndng f th Brng Cmpny, x, Nrlnk, nd pn. Msk s th wlthst ndvdl n th wrld; s f Nvmbr 2024, Frbs stmts hs nt wrth t b S$323 blln.
mmbr f th wlthy Sth frcn Msk fmly, Msk ws brn n Prtr nd brfly ttndd th nvrsty f Prtr bfr mmgrtng t Cnd t th g f 18, cqrng ctznshp thrgh hs Cndn-brn mthr. Tw yrs ltr, h mtrcltd t Qn's nvrsty t Kngstn n Cnd. Msk ltr trnsfrrd t th nvrsty f Pnnsylvn nd rcvd bchlr's dgrs n cnmcs nd physcs. H mvd t Clfrn n 1995 t ttnd Stnfrd nvrsty bt nvr nrlld n clsss, nd wth hs brthr Kmbl c-fndd th nln cty gd sftwr cmpny Zp2. Th strtp ws cqrd by Cmpq fr $307 mlln n 1999. Tht sm yr, Msk c-fndd X.cm, drct bnk. X.cm mrgd wth Cnfnty n 2000 t frm PyPl. n 2002, Msk cqrd S ctznshp, nd tht ctbr By cqrd PyPl fr $1.5 blln. sng $100 mlln f th mny h md frm th sl f PyPl, Msk fndd SpcX, spcflght srvcs cmpny, n 2002.
n 2004, Msk ws n rly nvstr n lctrc-vhcl mnfctrr Tsl Mtrs, nc. (ltr Tsl, nc.), prvdng mst f th ntl fnncng nd ssmng th pstn f th cmpny's chrmn. H ltr bcm th prdct rchtct nd, n 2008, th C. n 2006, Msk hlpd crt SlrCty, slr nrgy cmpny tht ws cqrd by Tsl n 2016 nd bcm Tsl nrgy. n 2013, h prpsd hyprlp hgh-spd vctrn trnsprttn systm. n 2015, h c-fndd pn, nnprft rtfcl ntllgnc rsrch cmpny. Th fllwng yr Msk c-fndd Nrlnk, nrtchnlgy cmpny dvlpng brn–cmptr ntrfcs, nd Th Brng Cmpny, tnnl cnstrctn cmpny. n 2018 th .S. Scrts nd xchng Cmmssn (SC) sd Msk, llgng tht h hd flsly nnncd tht h hd scrd fndng fr prvt tkvr f Tsl. T sttl th cs Msk stppd dwn s th chrmn f Tsl nd pd $20 mlln fn. n 2022, h cqrd Twttr fr $44 blln, mrgd th cmpny nt th nwly-crtd X Crp. nd rbrndd th srvc s X th fllwng yr. n Mrch 2023, Msk fndd x, n rtfcl-ntllgnc cmpny.
Msk's ctns nd xprssd vws hv md hm plrzng fgr. H hs bn crtczd fr mkng nscntfc nd msldng sttmnts, ncldng CVD-19 msnfrmtn, prmtng rght-wng cnsprcy thrs, nd ndrsng n ntsmtc trp; h hs snc plgzd fr th lttr. Hs wnrshp f Twttr hs bn cntrvrsl bcs f th lyffs f lrg nmbrs f mplys, n ncrs n ht spch, msnfrmtn nd dsnfrmtn psts n th wbst, nd chngs t wbst ftrs, ncldng vrfctn.
n rly 2024, Msk bcm ctv n mrcn pltcs s vcl nd fnncl spprtr f Dnld Trmp, bcmng Trmp's scnd-lrgst ndvdl dnr n ctbr 2024. n Nvmbr 2024, Trmp nnncd tht h hd chsn Msk lng wth Vvk Rmswmy t c-ld Trmp's plnnd Dprtmnt f Gvrnmnt ffcncy (DG) dvsry brd whch wll mk rcmmndtns n mprvng gvrnmnt ffcncy thrgh msrs sch s slshng "xcss rgltns" nd cttng "wstfl xpndtrs".