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Elon Musk
CEO of Tesla & SpaceX · Founder of xAI
Elon Reeve Musk is a South African-born American entrepreneur and businessman. He is the founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX; CEO and product architect of Tesla; founder and CEO of xAI; founder and CTO of X Corp.; co-founder of Neuralink and The Boring Company; and co-founder of OpenAI, from which he later departed. Musk is the wealthiest person in the world as of 2025.
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Kimbal James Musk
Kimbal James Musk is a businessman and restaurateur
Kimbal James Musk is a businessman and restaurateur. He co-owns The Kitchen Restaurant Group, with restaurants in Colorado, Chicago, and Austin. He is the co-founder and chairman of Big Green, a nonprofit that has built hundreds of outdoor classrooms called Learning Gardens in schoolyards across the United States.Musk is also the co-founder and chairman of Square Roots, an urban farming company growing food in hydroponic, indoor, climate controlled shipping containers. Musk sits on the boards of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, of which his older brother Elon is the CEO. He was on the board of Chipotle Mexican Grill from 2013 to 2019 He is the brother of Elon Musk and Tosca Musk, the son of Errol and Maye Musk, and a major shareholder in Tesla.
In 1995 he co-founded the software company Zip2 with Elon, which was acquired by Compaq for $307 million in 1999.
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Luke Nosek
Co-founder of PayPal, Founders Fund, and Gigafund
Luke Nosek is a Polish-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, best known as a co-founder of PayPal and Founders Fund. Born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, Nosek immigrated to the United States and earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. During his time at university, he met future PayPal co-founder Max Levchin.
In 1998, Nosek co-founded Confinity, which later merged with X.com to become PayPal, alongside Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, Ken Howery, and Yu Pan. At PayPal, he served as the Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, helping steer the company through its early growth and subsequent acquisition by eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002. As a prominent member of the 'PayPal Mafia,' Nosek continued to shape the technology landscape.
In 2005, Nosek reunited with Thiel and Howery to co-found Founders Fund, a prominent San Francisco-based venture capital firm. At Founders Fund, he led early-stage investments in groundbreaking companies, famously making the firm the first institutional investor in Elon Musk's SpaceX, where Nosek also joined the board of directors. He also led or participated in investments in Airbnb, Facebook, and Palantir.
In 2017, Nosek left Founders Fund to co-found Gigafund with Stephen Oskoui. Gigafund was established to make large, long-term investments in exceptionally ambitious companies, with a primary focus on continuing to fund SpaceX's multi-planetary mission. Nosek is widely recognized for his visionary investment strategy, focusing on deep technology and transformative human endeavors.
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SpaceX
Aerospace Manufacturer & Space Transport
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Founded by Elon Musk in 2002. Develops rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government clients. Known for Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship rockets, and Dragon spacecraft.
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Stephen Oskoui
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Gigafund
Stephen Oskoui is an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder and Managing Partner of Gigafund, a prominent venture capital firm that backs founders of generation-defining companies. Gigafund is particularly notable for its massive concentrated investments in SpaceX, Elon Musk's aerospace manufacturer. Alongside co-founder Luke Nosek, a PayPal co-founder, Oskoui has positioned Gigafund as a long-term capital partner for highly ambitious, transformative enterprises.
Prior to establishing Gigafund in 2017, Oskoui was an active angel investor and entrepreneur. He founded Smiley Media in 1999, an online advertising and technology company, serving as its Chief Executive Officer for over a decade. During his tenure at Smiley Media, he developed deep expertise in customer acquisition and digital marketing, which he later applied to scaling early-stage startups. He has also served as an advisor and investor to numerous high-growth technology companies.
Oskoui graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. Based in Austin, Texas, he remains a key figure in the venture capital ecosystem, focusing on multi-decadal investments in space exploration, technology, infrastructure, and biotechnology.
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Venture Capital Firm
American venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek — all PayPal alumni. Has invested in SpaceX, Facebook, Airbnb, Stripe, Lyft, and many other technology companies.
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