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Businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)
Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman, industrialist, and former public official who is the chief executive officer (CEO) and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025, and briefly became the only trillionaire in June 2026; as of September 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$964 billion.
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SpaceX satellite Internet constellation
Starlink Services, LLC is a telecommunications subsidiary of the American spaceflight company SpaceX, providing broadband Internet service in approximately 160 countries and territories. It also aims to provide global mobile broadband. SpaceX began launching Starlink satellites in 2019. As of June 2026, the network consisted of approximately 10,413 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) that communicate with user terminals and gateway ground stations connecting the constellation to terrestrial internet infrastructure. Starlink also provides in-flight internet access for numerous airlines.
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South Africa's deputy communications minister has appealed to Elon Musk to compromise on Starlink's 30% ownership hurdle, while Amazon's rival satellite service enters via Herotel.
What's 30% between friends? MyBroadband reports that this was Deputy Minister Mondli Gungubele's pitch to Elon Musk at a Bloomberg event near Cape Town. Starlin
Elon Musk has been urged to work with South Africa to finally bring Starlink to the country, with government making a fresh appeal.