The Doge department is a nod to the shiba inu doge meme that's also linked to the dogecoin cryptocurrency, named by Elon Musk as his "favorite" cryptocurrency and accepted as payment by his Tesla car company—though Tesla continues to hold around 10,000 bitcoin worth around $1 billion on its balance sheet.

Elon Musk had an eventful 2024, what with his hard push into right-wing politics and leveraging his X social media platform and considerable influence to

Elon Musk is the world’s richest person and his wealth shows no sign of slowing down as he is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire. The boss of X (formerly Twitter), Tesla and SpaceX net worth is estimated to be around £339 billion.

The explosion outside a Trump hotel highlights the wealth of information Musk’s company collects on its drivers -- and his selectivity in sharing it.

In 2022, he donated Tesla shares worth $1.95 billion, and in 2021, he contributed approximately $5.74 billion to the Musk Foundation, his nonprofit organization.

The real person behind 'Adrian Dittmann' account is a German-born entrepreneur, who lives in Fiji and is the son of a German software engineer.

The billionaire entrepreneur and Trump ally warned suddenly on Sunday that Mr Farage “does not have what it takes” to lead the party and instead endorsed Reform MP Rupert Lowe to replace him – just hours after Mr Farage had hailed Mr Musk as a “hero”.

Elon Musk has said Nigel Farage “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead Reform UK, just weeks after the pair had a “great” meeting in the US. The owner of Tesla and X – the social media site formerly known as Twitter – met with Mr Farage in December at US President-elect Donald Trump ’s Mar-a-Lago resort, which Mr Farage described as “historic”.

The Reform leader's former chief-of-staff has hit out at the tech-tycoon after calling for Farage to be replaced in the latest social media spat.

The world’s richest man is “misjudged and certainly misinformed” about the British government’s handling of “grooming gangs,” U.K. lawmakers say.

The people set to shape tech policy in Trump’s administration have embraced Musk and joined in bashing big social-media firms.