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Elon Musk is a South-African born Canadian-American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, born in 1971. He was a co-founder of PayPal, which was sold to Ebay for $1.5 billion. He then founded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Tesla Motors. He is chief executive and chief designer at SpaceX and CEO and head of product design at Tesla and chairman of Solar City. Musk purchased Twitter in September 2022.

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11 Jul, 2023

Glass house investigation: outcome unknown

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The outcome of the probe by Tesla’s board into whether Musk misused the company’s clout to secure special glass for a personal building project (“Project 42”) remains unknown, according to “insiders” at the company. The investigation was launched after a top Musk advisor at Tesla ordered millions of dollars worth of specialized glass for the projected mansion. Nor has the glass-walled residence been constructed, despite the plans for it dating back to at least 2022. Sources at Tesla say they do not know the project’s status, and neither Musk nor any board members have commented about the matter.

15 Nov, 2022

Musk reschedules Blue Verification to Nov 29

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Musk says the relaunch of Twitter Blue verification will be delayed until Nov 29:

Punting relaunch of Blue Verified to November 29th to make sure that it is rock solid

He also says that all unpaid legacy Blue checkmarks will be removed in a few months.