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Elon Musk

1971 - Today

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Elon Reeve Musk ( EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is a business magnate, industrial designer, and engineer. He is the founder, CEO, CTO, and chief designer of SpaceX; early stage investor, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink; and co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI. A centibillionaire, Musk is one of the richest people in the world. Musk was born to a Canadian mother and South African father and raised in Pretoria, South Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elon Musk has received more than 87,770,703 page views. His biography is available in 107 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Elon Musk is the 44th most popular inventor (up from 56th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 11th 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

  • 88M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 107

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Cryptocurrency Isn't Just for Elon Musk
Cryptocurrency was created to level the financial playing field; it doesn't have to be confusing or inaccessible.
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calendar Monday, May 3, 2021
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Elon Musk Teased on Twitter with Ideas for SNL Comedy Sketches
"Always the innovator, Elon Musk is crowdsourcing ideas for his upcoming Saturday Night Live appearance," writes USA Today. SFGate reports: Both Musk fans and critics weighed in, with the tweet drawing over 4,500 quote tweets at time of publication (and 113…
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calendar Sunday, May 2, 2021
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The Margin: Elon Musk asked Twitter for ‘SNL’ sketch ideas. Guess how that went?
Here’s why the Tesla CEO hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’ this weekend is so controversial
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calendar Monday, May 3, 2021
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Elon Musk Solicits 'SNL' Sketch Ideas Through Twitter
Elon Musk is adding fuel to the Saturday Night Live fire, after taking to Twitter to solicit sketch ideas from his fans.Musk asks his trusted followers to pitch him some SNL sketch ideas as he readies himself for his hosting gig this May 2021. SNL cast member…
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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Elon Musk ranks 44 out of 355. Before him are Herman Hollerith, Igor Sikorsky, Ismail al-Jazari, Abbas ibn Firnas, Isaac Singer, and László Bíró. After him are Richard Trevithick, Charles Goodyear, Willis Carrier, Wilhelm Maybach, Douglas Engelbart, and Karl Drais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Elon Musk ranks 3. Before him are Tupac Shakur and Justin Trudeau. After him are Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Jared Leto, Pep Guardiola, Anna Netrebko, Julian Assange, Winona Ryder, Jeremy Renner, Idina Menzel, and Mark Wahlberg.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Elon Musk ranks 8 out of 312. Before him are J. R. R. Tolkien (1892), J. M. Coetzee (1940), Sarah Baartman (1788), Shaka (1787), Nadine Gordimer (1923), and Behati Prinsloo (1988). After him are F. W. de Klerk (1936), Christiaan Barnard (1922), Desmond Tutu (1931), Miriam Makeba (1932), Charlize Theron (1975), and Paul Kruger (1825).

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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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