Musk Companies

Since I last posted this excel spreadsheet screenshot, in May this year, 7 months ago, the companies that Elon Musk founded have increased in value by around $US 1 Trillion. That's a Trillion with a "T". They have increased 50% in value, from $US 2 Trillion to $US 3 Trillion. Think on't. 

I have argued that there's no other person in the world that has ever established such a swag of hugely consequential and profitable companies. Elon Musk is the Mozart of the business world. A genius. Also flawed and a bit weird, just like Mozart.

For ease of reference, the May 2025 values: 

In each of these companies, Elon has made consequential innovations:

Zip2: he personally invented, in his garage, the technology that we all use now: where if you zoom in on a map, it gets more detailed. It doesn't just become larger and fuzzier. That's known as "vector-based mapping", and Elon invented it. 

PayPal: Elon invented a whole new way of payments. 

SpaceX: What to name first? Of course there's the reusable rocket. There's the space suits. There's the docking systems. There's StarLink -- to bring the internet to backward nations. 

Neuralink: making it possible for blind people to see. For the crippled to walk again. 

X (née Twitter): Community notes for fact verification. Grok: a whole new way of accessing Ai. Also for explaining posts. And.... and... 

Okay... I'm done. That's just me riffing from what I know as I sit here and type. Enough, though, surely? He's made massive contributions to the welfare of mankind. End of...