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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.

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🎓 Education

1995 Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Pennsylvania

1997 Bachelor of Science in Economics, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania