The boss of X (formerly Twitter), Tesla and SpaceX is a billionaire and a business celebrity.
He has also charged ahead with human brain chip trials at his firm Neuralink, played with turning X into a super app and tried to play a bigger role in the fast-growing world of artificial intelligence, despite having warned it could lead to humanity’s extinction.But Mr Musk’s moves such as suing the creator of ChatGPT and commenting on political issues around the world have continued to attract attention and controversy. More recent business ventures include his takeover of social media platform Twitter in October 2022.