Elon Musk is a South African-American multibillionaire businessman and entrepreneur. Over the years, his high-profile involvements in major companies such as PayPal, SpaceX, and Tesla have seen him accrue a large amount of wealth, consistently ranking him among the wealthiest people in the world, if not the absolute richest overall. As of December 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at nearly $430 billion, making him the wealthiest person on Earth, having a worth on par with the 2nd and 3rd richest people on the list – Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison – combined.
In 2022, Musk fully acquired the social media platform Twitter, which he has since renamed X. His acquisition and running of X have sparked both praise and criticism by commentators.
Musk has also been seen as an increasingly divisive figure in recent years over his business decisions and expressed views regarding gender, politics, COVID-19, free speech, and more, with some describing him as a free speech advocate and others accusing him of aiding problematic far-Right voices.
Alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk is currently set to head a new department in the US government known as the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE).
Aoun invited Musk to visit Lebanon and said he was open to having Musk's companies present in the country, which ranks among the countries with the lowest internet speeds.
Iran has asked the International Telecommunication Union to force SpaceX to deactivate “unauthorized devices” on its territory.
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X/Twitter was down for thousands of users amid Iran's attack on Israel on Saturday.
Following Israel's attack on Iran on Friday, Internet access has been reportedly disrupted across multiple network providers.
On June 5, she went on X/Twitter, publicly calling out the father of her child and the public breakdown of the relationship between him and Trump via a Tweet at the president.
The once close pair had a public falling out which led to Elon Musk posting that Donald Trump was in the Epstein files.
Elon Musk reportedly physically brawled other officials in the White House before his messy departure from US President Donald Trump's inner circle.
Elon Musk and his AI company xAI are partnering with Telegram in a deal worth $300 million. As part of the agreement, the smart bot Grok will be integrated into the app for a year.
In a nation known worldwide for innovation, shouldn’t our governmental systems reflect the same ingenuity that powers our most successful sectors?
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