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From Tesla to SpaceX: THESE 7 companies have Elon Musk ownership now - in PICS

Tech billionaire and the world's richest man Elon Musk acquired Twitter at a price of $44 billion on Friday after signing the twitter buyout deal. Musk becomes the chief of microblogging site Twitter now. The platform is the latest entity to be part of Musk's arsenal of an array of companies from space to automobile and construction to Fin tech. Known for its ingenuity and eccentricity, Musk is now part of these leading companies pioneering in different fields. Have a look all the companies.  

The Boring Company

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The Boring Company

The Boring Company is an American infrastructure and tunnel construction services company founded by Elon Musk. Its ongoing and proposed projects are designed for intra-city transit systems. 

SpaceX founder

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SpaceX founder

One of the world’s leading private spaceship companies, SpaceX was founded by tech billionaire Elon Musk in 2002. The company made its maiden flight Falcon 9 in March 2010. It is now planning to provide space tourism to rich people and land to Mars soon.

Twitter Chief

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Twitter Chief

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, after showing a lot of "antics" has finally taken over as Twitter boss by completing the $44 billion acquisition deal. Immediately after taking over the helms at Twitter, Musk fired Indian-origin CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, the company's policy chief Vijaya Gadde and others. Agrawal received $38.7 million, Segal got $25.4 million, Gadde got $12.5 million, and Personette received $11.2 million, said reports. 

Starlink Project

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Starlink Project

It’s a mega project of Elon Musk to launch a constellation of satellites to provide internet service globally. As of 2022, more than 4,800 operational satellites orbit Earth, and more than 2,200 of them are part of Starlink.

Tesla Chief

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Tesla Chief

Tesla was founded by American entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in 2003. However, Elon Musk provided a lot of funding and served as a chairman of the company. Now Elon Musk has the highest stake in the company and is the chief of Tesla.

Neuralink founder

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Neuralink founder

The startup was quietly founded by Elon Musk in 2016 to expand research in artificial intelligence and human brains. In April 2017, Neuralink announced that it was aiming to make devices to treat serious brain diseases in the short-term, with the eventual goal of human enhancement, sometimes called transhumanism

PayPal cofounder

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PayPal cofounder

Tech Billionaire Elon Musk cofounded the revolutionary fintech application PayPal way back in 2002 which was the result of the merger between X.com and Confinity. The later was founded by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, and Luke Nosek in 1998. Today, PayPal is the global financial giant to provide online money transfers and payment methods.