Page Title Elon Reeve Musk Business magnate, investor, engineer and inventor CEO - SpaceX, Tesla, Inc. NeuralinkChairman - SolarCity Co-chairman of OpenAI 1995 Zip2 In 1995, Musk and his brother, Kimbal, started Zip2, a web software company, with money raised from a small group of angel investors. The company developed and marketed an Internet "city guide" for the newspaper publishing industry. Musk obtained contracts with The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune and persuaded the board of directors to abandon plans for a merger with CitySearch. While at Zip2, Musk wanted to become CEO; however, none of the board members would allow it. Compaq acquired Zip2 for US$...