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Businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)
Elon Reeve Musk is an 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 became the only trillionaire in June 2026; as of October 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be $1.1 trillion.
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and provider of space transportation, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence services, headquartered at the Starbase development site in Starbase, Texas. The company operates three primary segments: Space, which develops and flies the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Dragon spacecraft, and conducts more orbital launches annually than any other launch provider ; Connectivity, which operates the Starlink satellite constellation and satellite-based…
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Musk made the claim in response to Ron Baron, who said he believes the company could be worth up to $50 trillion within the decade.
SpaceX is launching the largest U.S. IPO in history by pricing shares at $135, raising $75 billion to fuel rockets, Starlink and AI, while valuing the company at $1.77 trillion and keeping Elon Musk in firm control.
Elon Musk says SpaceX could be worth more than $100 trillion within 10 years, as Barclays outlines a possible Tesla merger.