Elon Musk

Tesla secures $40 million in convertible financing

Filed under Elon Musk
November 4, 2008 7:23 pm

Tesla Motors Inc said on Monday that its board had approved $40 million in convertible debt financing to push ahead with stepped-up manufacturing of its battery-powered Roadster sports car.Last week, ... Read more »

Comments

Valley billionaire launches rocket into orbit

Filed under Projects, Elon Musk
September 29, 2008 7:56 pm

On its fourth attempt to reach orbit, the Falcon 1 rocket launched by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the company founded by PayPal founder and Tesla Motors chairman Elon Musk, reached ... Read more »

Comments

Musk Makes Rockets for Stars as Tesla Taunts Ferrari on Earth

Filed under Profiles, Projects, Elon Musk
May 3, 2008 10:38 pm

Elon Musk, co-founder of payment giant PayPal Inc., was flying back empty handed from Moscow for a third time in November 2001, when the idea for his new company hit ... Read more »

Comments

Billionaire Musk Is Betting His Fortune on a Mission Beyond Earth’s Orbit

Filed under Projects, Elon Musk
May 23, 2007 12:57 am

But Musk is in no mood to be patient. He’s spent $100 million to get to this moment. The flight has been delayed for months. There’s a CNN cameraman in the trailer; the world is watching. Read the rest in Wired:   http://www.wired.com/science/space/magazine/15-06/ff_space_musk

Comments
Send Us a Tip