The news of Elon Musk taking over Twitter with a whopping deal of $44 billion has been making rounds on the internet. The deal has come as a shock however it was anticipated by many considering the last few developments around the parties involved.
Elon Musk has been competeting to be the richest man in the world and has achieved his goal this year. With $268.2 B he has left Jeff Bezos considerably behind.
While the billionaire is widely know for his work in aerospace technology and Tesla cars, Musk has many gems to his name. He is doing work in various fields that have helped to ad in to his networth tremendously.
Here are the companies founded or runned by Elon Musk.
1. Tesla Inc.
Elon Musk co-founded Tesla Inc in 2003 along with Martin Eberhard, JB Straubel, Marc Tarpenning, and Ian Wright. Tesla is an automotive company that designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery energy storage from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar roof tiles, and related products and services.
2. SpaceX
SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2002. The company is an aerospace manufacturer, a provider of space transportation services, and a communications corporation.
3. The Boring Company
Founded in 2016 by Elon Musk, The Boring Company is an infrastructure and tunnel construction services company. It has completed two tunnels in Las Vegas for loop travel.
4. Neuralink
Elon Musk founded Neuralink in 2016 as a neurotechnology company that develops implantable brain-machine interfaces.
5. Twitter
Twitter was founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Evan Williams, and Noah Glass as a microblogging and social networking company. After 15 years since its commencement, the company has been acquired by Elon Musk after a whopping deal of $44 billion. The takeover has become one of the most buzzing news trending all over social media.