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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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American government official and television personality (born 1980)
Peter Brian Hegseth is an American government official, veteran, and former television personality who has been serving as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025.
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Pete Hegseth, in remarks about the state of the military, announced a project led by two GOP-supporting tech executives to examine military capabilities.
A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth touted a new initiative, Project Meridian, in which tech bros Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey, as well as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, will co-direct a panel studyi…