Elon Musk is an entrepreneur and a co-founder of Pay Pal and SpaceX
Heis a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, a Director of the Planetary Society and a Trustee of The X-Prize Foundation.
In 2005, Musk acquired a 10% share of Surrey Satellite Technology
Ltd (SSTL), a world leader in the design, manufacture and operation of
high performance small satellites, majority owned by the University of
Surrey, UK.