Elon Musk is a successful businessman and investor who has $261 billion in net worth and currently holds the title of “wealthiest person in the world.” He is the current owner and CTO of X (formerly Twitter), CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Inc., and serves in leadership roles on several other projects and business ventures. He also co-founded X.com, which would later become PayPal.
Musk is known for sharing controversial views via Twitter and his active participation in meme trends. Musk’s public tweets praising Bitcoin and Dogecoin have been credited with inflating their prices, with some of his statements about cryptocurrency being criticized as market manipulation.
Elon Musk in the News
CZ writes Elon Musk a $500 million “blank check” to assist with Twitter’s takeover
2022/05/06
Elon says he thinks Nick Szabo might be Satoshi
2021/12/29
Elon announces that Tesla has suspended BTC payments over concerns regarding Bitcoin’s energy usage
2021/05/12
Dogecoin’s price reaches its all-time-high at ~$0.70 USD
2021/05/08
Dogecoin’s price skyrockets 100% after Elon Musk tweets a painting with the caption “Doge Barking at the Moon”
2021/04/14
Dogecoin’s price soars 80% after Elon Musk tweets “Doge Barking at the Moon”
2021/04/14
Elon announces that you can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin
2021/03/24
Tesla announces through an SEC filing that they bought $1.5B worth of Bitcoin
2021/02/08
Dogecoin’s price spikes 40% after Elon Musk tweets “Dogecoin is the people’s crypto” and “no highs, no lows, only Doge”
2021/02/04
Dogecoin’s price increases 20% after Elon Musk tweets “One word: Doge”
2020/12/20
Elon Musk spends millions to buy back the X.com domain back from PayPal, citing “sentimental value”
2017/07/10
Interviews with Elon Musk
- May 2023 CNBC Interview with Sam Altman
- Joe Rogan Experience #1169 - Elon Musk The famous podcast episode where Elon Musk smoked weed (occurs around 2 hours, 10 minutes)
Elon Musk FAQ
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Elon Musk Links
- 𝕏 (Twitter)