The Scorecard
Rockets. Satellites. EVs. Patients. Savings. The scale of what one person has built is staggering.
SpaceX + Starlink
Tesla
Elon vs The World
xAI · Neuralink · Boring Co · DOGE
The Man Himself
| Year | Company | Milestone | Figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | PayPal | X.com / PayPal sale to eBay | $180M |
| 2008 | SpaceX | First private liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit | Falcon 1 |
| 2012 | Tesla | Model S wins Motor Trend Car of the Year | 100/100 |
| 2015 | SpaceX | First orbital booster vertical landing | Historic |
| 2020 | SpaceX | First private crewed mission to ISS | 2 Crew |
| 2021 | Tesla | Becomes world's richest person | $300B+ |
| 2022 | X | Acquires Twitter, renames to X | $44B |
| 2024 | Neuralink | First human BCI patient controls computer with thoughts | 1,024ch |
| 2024 | SpaceX | Starship booster caught by Mechazilla arms | World 1st |
| 2025 | DOGE | Largest government efficiency audit in US history | $160B+ |