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Building the future of transporation, energy, and space.
Timeline
Timeline
🔹 1995: Started Zip2
▫️ Co-founded Zip2, a city guide software for newspapers, with his brother Kimbal.
▫️ Sold Zip2 to Compaq for $307 million in 1999.
🔹 1999: Founded X.com
▫️ Launched X.com, an online payment company.
▫️ X.com later became PayPal, which was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock in 2002.
🔹 2002: Founded SpaceX
▫️ Founded SpaceX with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars.
▫️ SpaceX developed the Falcon and Starship rockets, and the Dragon spacecraft.
🔹 2004: Joined Tesla Motors
▫️ Invested in Tesla Motors, Inc. and joined the company as chairman of the board.
▫️ Became CEO and product architect, leading the development of electric vehicles and sustainable energy solutions.
🔹 2006: Founded SolarCity
▫️ Co-founded SolarCity, a solar energy services company.
▫️ SolarCity was acquired by Tesla in 2016 and became Tesla Energy.
🔹 2015: Founded OpenAI
▫️ Co-founded OpenAI, a nonprofit research company focused on developing friendly AI for the benefit of humanity.
🔹 2016: Founded Neuralink
▫️ Founded Neuralink, a neurotechnology company focused on developing brain-computer interface technology.
🔹 2016: Founded The Boring Company
▫️ Launched The Boring Company to develop tunnel construction and infrastructure technology to alleviate traffic congestion.
🔹 2020: Launched Starlink
▫️ SpaceX launched Starlink, a satellite internet constellation, to provide global high-speed internet coverage.
🔹 2022: Acquired Twitter
▫️ Acquired Twitter, rebranded it to X, and aimed to transform it into a super app.
ABOUT
🎓 Education
1995
Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Pennsylvania
1997
Bachelor of Science in Economics, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania