Elon Musk attends the VivaTech conference in Paris
Elon Musk at the VivaTech conference in Paris.
  • With great wealth inevitably comes influence and power.
  • But Elon Musk is pushing the boundaries, given how many industries he's dominating.
  • With a growing empire of rockets, EVs, social media, and AI, Musk is gaining political clout.

Elon Musk isn't known for staying in one lane.

He either sits at the head or owns six companies — Tesla, SpaceX, the Boring Company, Neuralink, X, and xAI — and is a pioneering rocket creator, EV manufacturer, and all-round maverick.

But should we add geopolitical diplomat to that list?