Elon Musk currently owns and leads several major companies across various industries:
- Tesla, Inc. : Musk is CEO and a major shareholder of Tesla, which designs and manufactures electric vehicles, solar energy products, and battery storage systems. Tesla is valued at over $700 billion as of 2023
- SpaceX : Musk is CEO, chairman, and lead designer of SpaceX, a private aerospace company focused on space transportation and satellite internet (Starlink). SpaceX is valued around $150 billion as of 2023
- X (formerly Twitter) : Musk owns this social media platform, having purchased it in 2022 for $44 billion. He serves as chairman and CTO, aiming to transform it into an "everything app"
- The Boring Company : Founded by Musk, this company develops underground tunnel infrastructure to alleviate urban traffic congestion. It is valued at about $5.7 billion
- Neuralink : Musk founded Neuralink to develop implantable brain-computer interfaces, valued at around $5 billion
- xAI : Founded in 2023 by Musk as an artificial intelligence company to rival OpenAI. Its valuation is currently unknown
In addition, Musk was a co-founder of PayPal (formerly X.com), which he sold in 2002 and no longer owns
. He also co-founded SolarCity, which was acquired by Tesla in 2016
. Thus, Elon Musk's current ownership spans electric vehicles, space exploration, social media, tunneling infrastructure, neurotechnology, and AI
