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Elon Musk

  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Republicans who oppose Trump face risk of retaliation from Musk

    Billionaire has hinted he will back challenges to lawmakers who vote against the Maga agenda

    Media ask Elon Musk questions on Capitol Hill this week
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israeli president calls Elon Musk to revive Gaza hostage talks

    Families of those held in enclave urge Isaac Herzog to keep issue in focus for incoming Trump administration

    Elon Musk attends a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in November 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Musk donated more than $250mn to Trump campaign, electoral filings show

    Figures underscore lengths to which Tesla chief was prepared to go to secure victory in November

    Donald Trump with Elon Musk in Texas last month
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Mike Johnson and Elon Musk tell US federal staff to get back to the office

    Republican House Speaker backs billionaire entrepreneur’s government efficiency drive

    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, left, walks with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, who is carrying his son, as they walk to a meeting to discuss president-elect Donald Trump’s planned Department of Government Efficiency, on Capitol Hill in Washington on December 5, 2024
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    White House Watch
    Elon Musk-led effort to cut federal workforce risks stifling labour market

    Plus, does Trump spell good news for bankers?

    Elon Musk pumps his fist while wearing a Maga hat
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    US employment
    Effort to cut federal workforce takes aim at key US jobs engine

    Government and healthcare have emerged as biggest source of American employment, particularly for knowledge workers

    Elon Musk
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Marc Andreessen
    Marc Andreessen helps to recruit staff for Musk’s US cost-cutting body

    Venture capitalist has role in interviewing and identifying candidates for new Department for Government Efficiency

    Marc Andreessen, the billionaire co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    xAI
    Musk plans to expand Colossus AI supercomputer tenfold

    Facility in Memphis expected to incorporate more than 1mn GPUs as billionaire’s xAI aims to catch up with rivals

    The xAI logo and a computer motherboard in the foreground
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    LexTesla Inc
    Delaware struggles with Tesla investors’ disregard for governance Premium content

    Elon Musk’s pay package case is heading for the state’s Supreme Court

    Tesla cars in Germany
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Tesla Inc
    Tesla loses bid to restore Musk’s record $56bn pay package

    Delaware judge rejects shareholders’ overwhelming reapproval of award for chief of electric-car maker

    Elon Musk is listening attentively.
  • Sunday, 1 December, 2024
    News in-depth
    Elon Musk is attacking Britain. Former PMs are building ties

    A London-based VC has connected Boris Johnson and the Tesla chief, who Tony Blair has praised as ‘an extraordinary innovator’

    Montage shows Boris Johnson, Elon Musk and Tony Blair (left to right)
  • Sunday, 1 December, 2024
    Jemima Kelly
    The grim ghost of crypto future

    Overconfidence since the election victory of Donald Trump could tee the sector up for its next collapse

    Ben Hickey illustration of a bitcoin sign on a bomb with a lit fuse
  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    The Big Read
    Elon Musk: the ‘wild card’ in Trump’s dealings with China

    Do the billionaire’s longstanding ties to Beijing represent a diplomatic opportunity or a clash of political and business interests?

  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    News in-depthUS politics & policy
    Trump’s corporate picks raise conflict of interest fears

    Business and financial interests will be hard to disentangle from government in new administration, critics charge

    Scott Bessent (right) is one of a number of financiers and executives tapped by Donald Trump for his cabinet
  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    Fund management
    Strive Asset Management expands into anti-ESG direct indexing

    The company, co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, has agreements to offer the service via Charles Schwab and Fidelity

    Vivek Ramaswamy
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    John Thornhill
    Silicon Valley billionaires remain in thrall to the cult of the geek

    IQ hierarchies are a dangerous myth

    Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates circa 1983
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Janan Ganesh
    Musk is the right man in the wrong continent

    Europe’s bloated governments need his efficiency revolution much more than Washington does

    Illustration of Elon Musk’s head in profile overlayed with the EU flag
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    xAI
    Elon Musk’s Twitter backers gain windfall from xAI deal

    Investors hit by losses following billionaire’s takeover of social media platform reap rewards from shares in his AI start-up

    A montage of Elon Musk wearing sunglasses with xAI and X logos on the lenses standing in front of a red background with dollar bills and a Twitter logo
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    California could leave Tesla out of proposed EV rebate programme

    Gavin Newsom’s plan sets up another potential clash with carmaker’s chief Elon Musk

    Tesla vehicles are displayed at the AutoMobility LA Auto Show
  • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    The myths that made Elon Musk

    The tech billionaire’s backing of Donald Trump is part of a worldview that draws on Silicon Valley’s wildest frontiers

    A group of people stand behind a red curtain
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    Global trade
    Italian cheesemakers stockpile in US over fear of Trump tariffs

    Exporters of dairy and olive oil made in Italy face shipping and storage crunch in run-up to Christmas

    Workers use a little hammer to check the quality of the Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    FT Swamp Notes
    Will Musk and Trump fall out? Premium content

    The X owner may be flying too close to the sun

    President-elect Donald Trump greets Elon Musk as he arrives to attend a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Social Media
    Mass X-odus: professionals desert Musk’s network

    Creatives and freelancers miss opportunity and inspiration after decline of X

    Montage image of a broken smartphone screen and the X logo
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Brazil
    Chinese satellite company to challenge Musk’s Starlink in Brazil

    Billionaire Trump ally had clashed with Brasília this year over alleged misinformation on X

    Xi Jinping stands at a podium during a news conference, with Brazilian and Chinese flags behind him
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    What Elon Musk gains from a friend in the White House

    Entrepreneur’s decision to back Trump carries both risks and rewards

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