
Chief Executive of Tesla and SpaceX · United States[1]
Elon Musk is chief executive of Tesla and chief executive, chief technical officer and chairman of SpaceX, which acquired his AI company xAI in February 2026. Born in Pretoria, South Africa, he previously co-founded Zip2 and X.com and was Senior Advisor to the President for the Department of Government Efficiency from 20 January to 30 May 2025.
What each year added up to: salary, plus outside income, royalties, endorsements, prizes and investment income where a source reports them. A financial disclosure gives ranges, shown as such.
Health, weight and religion appear only where the person, their physician or a reputable outlet has published them; each links to its source.
One octagon for each phase of the life of Elon Musk. Each of the eight axes is scored 0 to 5 against a written rubric from documented evidence, with its source; an axis without evidence is a gap, not a zero. There is no total and no ideal shape: it is a profile, not a ranking. Appearance and personality are not axes, because they cannot be scored from evidence.
No total and no ideal shape: a longer spoke means more of that axis, so a long Misconduct spoke is more documented misconduct.
| Tesla and SpaceX chief executive | Twitter/X owner and DOGE head | |
|---|---|---|
| 01Education | 3 | 3 |
| 02Wealth | – | 5 |
| 03Position | 5 | 5 |
| 04Public standing | – | 3 |
| 05Health | – | – |
| 06Misconduct | 3 | 4 |
| 07Social good | – | – |
| 08Economic good | – | – |
Every phase side by side; a dash is an axis with no evidence in that phase. Pick one phase for its rubric, confidence and sources.
Actions by courts, regulators and ethics bodies, each with where it stands. Reviewed October 10, 2026. Only documented official actions are counted: findings, penalties and settlements, and cases still open. A charge or an investigation is not a finding, cases that ended in the person's favour are listed as such, and it is not a judgment of character.
3 findings or penalties1 resolved in their favour
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