Elon Musk the founder of PayPal, Boring Company, OpenAI, Tesla Inc and many more, his full name is Elon Reeve Musk born June 28, 1971. He is an engineer, industrial designer, and technology entrepreneur. He is a citizen of South Africa, Canada, and the United States. Elon Musk’s present age is 48. In this current year, 2020, Elon Musk’s net worth is 4,150 crores USD.
Elon Musk Bio
Musk’s goals include reducing global warming through sustainable energy generation and consumption, and decreasing the risk of human extinction by establishing a human colony on Mars.
X owned Musk began a PhD in applied physics and material sciences at Stanford University in 1995 but dropped out after two days to pursue a business career.
Kimball Musk is the brother of Elon Musk. They founded the Zip2 Company, which provides a licensed online city guide software to newspapers.
Elon Musk then established X.com, an online bank. It joined with Confinity in 2000, which had launched PayPal the previous year and was purchased by eBay for $1.5 billion in October 2002.
In May 2002, he founded SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer and space transport services business, of which he is CEO and lead designer.
Musk entered Tesla, Inc., an electric vehicle manufacturer, in 2004, the year after it was established. From October 2008 onwards, Tesla’s CEO has been Elon Musk.
- In 2015, Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI, a nonprofit research company that intends to promote friendly artificial intelligence.
- He co-founded Neuralink in July 2016, a neurotechnology company focused on developing brain-computer interfaces.
- In December 2016, Musk founded The Boring Company, an infrastructure and tunnel-construction company centred on tunnels specialized for electric vehicles.
Elon Musk Companies (Title)
- Tesla, Inc – Co-founder, CEO, and Product Architect
- The Boring Company – Founder
- Neuralink – co-founder
- OpenAI – Co-founder and Initial Co-Chairman
- Zip2 – Co-founder
- PayPal – Founder
- SolarCity – Chairman
Elon Musk Net Worth in 2025
Musk is one of the wealthiest businessmen in the world. Forbes’ 2025 “Real-Time” data estimates Elon Musk’s net worth at US $498.7 billion. In late 2025 he briefly became the first person ever reported to cross US $500 billion in net worth.
His wealth comes primarily from stakes in his companies, including Tesla, SpaceX, and his other ventures, such as xAI.
He is the longest-tenured CEO of any automotive business globally. In December 2016, he was ranked 21st on the Forbes list of The World’s Most Powerful People.
Elon Musk Wifes
- Justine Wilson: First wife — married 2000 to 2008.
- Talulah Riley: Married twice — first from 2010–2012, then 2013–2016.
- Grimes (Claire Boucher): Long-term relationship
What is the Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS)
Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS, and HonFRS) is an award given by the Royal Society of London to people who have made a ‘substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science.’
Elon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018.

