Elon Reeve Musk (; born June 28, 1971) is a
South African-born
Canadian-
American business magnate, engineer, inventor and investor. He is the founder, CEO and CTO of
SpaceX, co-founder, CEO and product architect of
Tesla Motors, chairman of
SolarCity, co-chairman of
OpenAI, co-founder of Zip2, and co-founder of
PayPal. As of January 2016, he has an estimated net worth of US$12.4 billion, making him the 39th wealthiest person in the US.