Elon Musk Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Net Worth 2026
Elon Reeve Musk is a South African-born entrepreneur, engineer, and businessman. He is the CEO and largest shareholder of Tesla, founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX, and founder of xAI. He also owns X (formerly Twitter) and has co-founded or led companies including Neuralink and The Boring Company.
Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. He is 55 years old. His father is Errol Musk, a South African engineer and property developer, and his mother is Maye Musk (née Haldeman), a Canadian model and dietitian. His parents divorced when he was a child. He has a younger brother, Kimbal, and a younger sister, Tosca.
He showed early interest in computing and taught himself to code. At age 12 he sold a video game called Blastar for roughly $500. After high school he moved to Canada (where he held citizenship through his mother) and later transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, earning a Bachelor of Arts in physics and a Bachelor of Science in economics. He briefly enrolled in a PhD program at Stanford University in 1995 but left after two days to pursue entrepreneurship in the early internet era.
Divorced (previously married twice to Talulah Riley; earlier to Justine Wilson)
Children
Approximately 14 (13 living) with multiple partners
Residence
Primarily Austin, Texas area
Known For
Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, X
Career
Musk co-founded Zip2 in 1995, a software company that provided online city guides; it was acquired by Compaq in 1999. He then co-founded X.com, an online payments company that merged with Confinity to become PayPal, which eBay acquired in 2002.
In 2002 he founded SpaceX with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling multi-planetary life. SpaceX achieved the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit (Falcon 1), developed reusable rockets, and became a major NASA contractor. In June 2026 SpaceX completed a landmark IPO that significantly increased Musk’s wealth.
Musk joined Tesla Motors as chairman in 2004 and became CEO in 2008. Under his leadership Tesla scaled electric vehicle production, energy storage, and autonomous driving technology. He has also founded or co-founded Neuralink (brain-machine interfaces), The Boring Company (tunneling), and xAI (artificial intelligence, founded 2023). In 2022 he acquired Twitter and rebranded it X. SpaceX later acquired or integrated xAI in a major combination ahead of the 2026 IPO.
He has held various public roles and has been outspoken on technology, free speech, population, and energy issues.
Elon Musk Wife
Musk married Canadian author Justine Wilson in 2000; they had six children together (one son, Nevada, died in infancy in 2002). They divorced in 2008. He later married English actress Talulah Riley twice (2010–2012 and 2013–2016).
He has children with musician Grimes (including X Æ A-Xii, Exa Dark Sideræl, and Techno Mechanicus), with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis (including twins and additional children), and has been publicly linked to at least one child with Ashley St. Clair. Public reports as of 2026 place the number of his known children at around 14 (13 living). He has frequently spoken about concerns over declining birth rates.
He maintains a high-profile but often private approach to family matters and has lived primarily in the Austin, Texas area in recent years while traveling extensively for business.
Physical Appearance
Elon Musk Height
6’2″ (188 cm)
Build
Tall, lean
Notable
Frequently appears in public and on social media; known for casual style in many settings
Elon Musk Net Worth
Elon Musk’s net worth fluctuates with the valuations of Tesla, SpaceX, and related holdings. Following the SpaceX IPO in he briefly became the world’s first trillionaire, major trackers such as Forbes placed his net worth in the range of roughly $900 billion to $950 billion (with day-to-day variation), keeping him the richest person in the world. The large majority of his wealth is tied to ownership stakes in SpaceX and Tesla.
FAQs
How old is Elon Musk?
He was born on June 28, 1971, and is 55 years old
How many children does he have?
approximately 14 children (13 living) with multiple partners
What companies is he associated with?
Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, X (formerly Twitter), Neuralink, and The Boring Company, among earlier ventures such as Zip2 and PayPal.
