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Elon Musk
Person
5 connections · 4 verified
Entrepreneur and investor. CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, owner of X Corp, co-founder of OpenAI (departed 2018).
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Employment / leadershipCollaborativeLeadershipbusiness2008-10-01
Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla, joining as chairman in 2004 and becoming CEO in 2008.
Employment / leadershipCollaborativeFounderbusiness2002-03-14
Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 and serves as CEO and chief engineer.
Evidence
Ownership / acquisitionNeutralAcquisitionmedia2022-10-27
Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022 and rebranded it as X.
Legal / lawsuitAdversarialLegal disputetechnology2024-02-29
Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015, left the board in 2018, and later sued the company over its shift away from its nonprofit mission.
Disputed
Incident / disputeAdversarialPublic feudtechnology
Former OpenAI co-founders turned rivals; public disagreement over OpenAI's direction, including litigation and a takeover bid. Both sides dispute characterizations.