Twitter Board Salary Will Be $0 If Elon Musk Acquires Company

April 19, 2022
On Monday, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that Twitter’s board of directors will not receive a salary if his acquisition of the company is successful. In a Tweet, Musk wrote, “Board salary will be $0 if my bid succeeds, so that’s ~$3M/year saved right there.” Presently, Twitter spends approximately $2.9 million in cash […]
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Considers Creating New Social Media Platform

March 29, 2022
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said he is giving “serious thought” to building a social media platform. However, the billionaire didn’t go into detail on how his hypothetical social media platform would work or how it would look.  Musk’s remark came after he claimed that Twitter, a social media platform that he uses […]
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Musk’s Tesla Will Pay Conscripted Ukrainian Employees

March 10, 2022
According to CNBC, Tesla wrote in an email to its European employees: “For any Tesla employee who is a Ukrainian national and has been asked to return to Ukraine for active duty as a reservist, we will maintain their employment and salary for 3 months, with a view to assessing after this period as needed.” […]
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Provides Internet To Ukrainians Via Starlink Satellites

February 28, 2022
“Elon Musk, while you try to colonise Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people!" Ukraine’s vice prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, tweeted. Internet connectivity in Ukraine has been heavily impacted by the Russia invasion, particularly in the south and east of the […]
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Here's Why Elon Musk Doesn't Pay Himself A Salary

February 23, 2022
Elon Musk may have said that he doesn't have a pot of money lying around, but you can bet your bottom dollar that he doesn't have to search for change in his wallet to fill up his fancy Tesla. Yes, Musk might not have billions sitting in a bank account, but he does have billions […]
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SpaceX: Elon Musk’s Starship Rocket Launch Hangs On FAA Approval

February 11, 2022
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced that the Starship rocket is close to being ready to go orbital. However, the rocket’s launch now depends on the Federal Aviation Administration, which will not issue the vehicle permission to fly until an environmental assessment is complete.  "I think we're tracking to have the regulatory approval and hardware […]
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Elon Musk In Negotiations With Teenager Over Twitter Bot Tracking His Private Jet

January 31, 2022
Student Jack Sweeney created the Twitter bot, which tracks Musk’s Gulfstream private jet and posts real-time updates of its location. Since discovering the Twitter bot, Musk has pleaded with Sweeney to delete it: “Can you take this down? It is a security risk,” Musk said.  In a direct message to Sweeney, Musk also said, “I […]
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Musk Reveals Starship Launch Tower, Featuring Arms To Catch Rocket

January 11, 2022
The structure is currently under construction at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas. It features chopstick-like arms that will guide the rocket’s booster back into position once the second stage has been delivered into orbit.  The first orbital launch of a Starship rocket is scheduled to take place within the next 10 weeks. The Starship rocket […]
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Elon Musk’s Most Influential Tweets Of 2021

December 22, 2021
Love him or loathe him, there is no denying that Elon Musk is one of the world’s most influential people. 2021 saw the Tesla CEO crowned Time magazine’s “Person of the Year'' as his electric vehicle company became the most valuable in the world, his space company successfully carried an all-civilian crew to the edge […]
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Named Time’s 2021 “Person Of The Year”

December 13, 2021
Elon Musk has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, a year that saw Tesla become the most valuable carmaker in the world and Musk's space company SpaceX carry an all-civilian crew to the edge of space. Tesla’s market value rocketed to more than $1 trillion this year, making the electric vehicle […]
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Elon Musk Considers Giving Up His Jobs

December 10, 2021
Tweeting on Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he is “thinking of” leaving his jobs to instead become an influencer. "It would be nice to have a bit more free time on my hands as opposed to just working day and night, from when I wake up to when I go to sleep 7 days […]
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Japanese Billionaire Blasts Off To International Space Station

December 8, 2021
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has fulfilled his childhood dream today as he travelled to space as one of two passengers on board a Russian rocket headed for the International Space Station (ISS).  Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo, and his production assistant, Yozo Hirono, have become the first space tourists to […]
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