Elon Musk
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)
SpaceX develops rockets and spacecraft for missions to Earth orbit and beyond. Elon Musk served as chief engineer for Falcon 1, the first privately developed liquid-fuel rocket to reach orbit, as well as Falcon 9 and the Dragon spacecraft. In 2008, SpaceX won the NASA contract to replace the cargo transport function of the space shuttle with Falcon 9 and Dragon. Musk is also CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and the non-executive chairman of SolarCity, the leading provider of solar power systems in California. Prior to SpaceX, Musk co-founded PayPal, the world’s leading Internet payment system, and served…
