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Elon Musk

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Elon Reeve Musk ( EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is a business magnate and investor. Musk is the founder, chairman, CEO and chief technology officer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO, product architect and former chairman of Tesla, Inc.; owner, chairman and CTO of X Corp.; founder of the Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; and president of the Musk Foundation. He is the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$241 billion as of September 2023, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and $261 billion according to Forbes, primarily from his ownership stakes in both Tesla and SpaceX.Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and briefly attended the University of Pretoria before immigrating to Canada at age 18, acquiring citizenship through his Canadian-born mother. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elon Musk has received more than 145,466,796 page views. His biography is available in 122 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 107 in 2019). Elon Musk is the 8th most popular inventor (up from 44th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular South African Inventor.

Elon Musk is a South African-born American entrepreneur and inventor. He is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; and chairman of SolarCity. In December 2016, he was ranked 21st on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 122

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 20.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

In the news

BBC News
Elon Musk: Social media platform X could go behind paywall
The billionaire suggested the social media platform, now called X, could charge for use of "the system".
https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews
Monday, September 18, 2023
Business Insider
Elon Musk says X will soon go behind a paywall for everyone
"It's a longer discussion but this is actually the only defense against armies of bots," Musk said.
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Business Insider
Elon Musk mocked Ukraine's summer counteroffensive in a stinging post on X: 'So much death for so little'
Musk effectively sabotaged a Ukrainian attack on Russia's navy last year when he refused to turn on access to Starlink satellites.
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Business Insider
Elon Musk blasted short-sellers as bloodsuckers. Bill Gates, 'Big Short' star Michael Burry, and other top investors have bet against Tesla.
Elon Musk hates people who bet against Tesla. Bill Gates, Michael Burry, Jim Chanos, and David Einhorn have all taken short positions in recent years.
Theron Mohamed
Monday, September 18, 2023

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Elon Musk ranks 8 out of 354. Before him are Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Johannes Gutenberg, James Watt, Alexander Graham Bell, and Henry Ford. After him are Karl Benz, Guglielmo Marconi, Louis Braille, Charles Babbage, Samuel Morse, and Rudolf Diesel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Elon Musk ranks 1. After him are Tupac Shakur, Justin Trudeau, Jared Leto, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Pep Guardiola, Julian Assange, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Wahlberg, Winona Ryder, Jeremy Renner, and Anna Netrebko.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Elon Musk ranks 3 out of 374. Before him are Nelson Mandela (1918) and J. R. R. Tolkien (1892). After him are Sarah Baartman (1788), Desmond Tutu (1931), J. M. Coetzee (1940), Shaka (1787), Christiaan Barnard (1922), F. W. de Klerk (1936), Nadine Gordimer (1923), Miriam Makeba (1932), and Charlize Theron (1975).

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Among INVENTORS In South Africa

Among inventors born in South Africa, Elon Musk ranks 1. After him are Phil Ramone (1934).

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