# Elon Musk: person

Canonical ID: `b833e9eb-429c-4034-a5c9-711c37957bb3`

CEO of Tesla, which develops the Optimus humanoid robot. Joined Tesla in 2004; not an original Tesla founder. Separately the founder and CEO of SpaceX, founder of xAI, Neuralink and The Boring Company, owner and CTO of X (formerly Twitter), and an early leader of PayPal (via X.com). These roles span multiple non-registry companies; captured here as cross-cluster context.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Tesla](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/tesla.md) CEO (SEC-verified)

## Sources (1)

1. https://ir.tesla.com


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