From Tesla to Twitter: what are the companies of Elon Musk, the billionaire who will invest in Mexico

Elon Musk succeeded in obtaining an important agreement with the government led by Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) in order to install a plant Tesla in the Mexican Republic for the manufacture of electric vehicles. The entity that will receive the millionaire investment is New Leoin the municipality of Monterrey.

This situation succeeded in positioning the name of the richest man in the world, according to Bloombergin the most important topics of conversation in Mexico. Elon Musk to offer additional details on the investment scheduled for next Wednesday, March 1, as part of the Tesla Investor Day.

Tesla and Musk benefited from a increase in demand for its electric vehicles after cutting the prices of several models. That is why your investment in Mexico will be of vital importance for the north of the country in terms of employability and development thinking about the future.

Musk is a billionaire programmer, physicist and businessman born in South Africa, but of Canadian and American nationality, he is the founder of companies such as Paypal, Tesla, SpaceX and Solar Citywho was called richest man in the world in 2021.

After many comings and goings, Elon finalized the purchase agreement for Twitter in mid-2022. According to the details of the deal, Musk completed the purchase based on a plan that included $25.5 trillion in loans and $21 trillion in personal capital.

The definitive agreement to acquire Twitter was for $54.20 per share in cash. Once this operation is completed, the social network will become a private company. The purchase price represents a 38% premium to the closing price of Twitter shares on April 1, 2022.

Responsible for the development and manufacture of electric car high-end, Tesla is not a company founded by Elon Muskbut instead became its largest shareholder in 2004 after investing more than $6.5 million. Currently, he has not only developed an autonomous driving system, but also has in his plans a truck, a sports car and a van, all of which are electric.

Also, from 2021 Elon Musk promoted the development of a humanoid robot manufactured by this company called Optimus, the first prototype of which was presented in September of this year and is intended to replace humans in the performance of dangerous or boring tasks.

Despite the fact that it is not yet 100% functional and its design has changed from the original idea, Optimus You can now perform minor tasks such as lifting objects, identifying obstacles, and moving slowly through a given space.

This company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk as part of his ideas to lead the human race to the space and eventually establish communities on other planets. “We don’t want to be some kind of planetwe want to be a species on multiple planets,” the businessman said after the launch of a space mission Space X.

This company became the first private company to recover a nave previously sent into space, in addition to sending astronauts to the International Space Station, among other accomplishments.

Part of its projects involves establishing a satellite connection to the Internet through the constellation Stellar Linka series of satellites that have begun to be launched into space and whose purpose is to transport connectivity worldwide at low cost.

According to international media DW, One of Elon Musk’s ideas is that the human species is in danger of being obsolete, which is why in 2016 he founded Neuralink, a neurotechnology company that works on the development of brain implants allowing the stimulation of the brain of people with a certain disability.

“We believe this technology has the potential to treat a wide range of Neurological disordersto restore sensory and motor functions and, ultimately, to expand the way we interact with others and experience the world around us,” it says on its official website.

Currently, they are working on the development of an invisible microchip-shaped implant in the brain called Link. In this way, people might be able to control a computer or mobile device with the spirit.

Also founded by Elon Musk in 2016, The Boring Company aims to be a company that accelerates the creation of underground roads that enable underground transportation and thus save time and money.

As an add-on product, this company also markets a flamethrower, although the flame it emits is so small that it is not legally considered as such.