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This chap­ter pro­vides a com­pre­hen­sive list of indi­vid­u­als who have either worked with or been close­ly asso­ci­at­ed with Elon Musk across his var­i­ous busi­ness ven­tures and per­son­al life. These indi­vid­u­als range from employ­ees at Musk’s com­pa­nies, such as Tes­la, SpaceX, Neu­ralink, and The Bor­ing Com­pa­ny, to per­son­al con­nec­tions such as fam­i­ly mem­bers and friends. The list includes a wide spec­trum of roles, from high-rank­ing exec­u­tives and engi­neers to ven­ture cap­i­tal­ists and jour­nal­ists, show­cas­ing the exten­sive net­work Musk has cul­ti­vat­ed over his career.

Sig­nif­i­cant fig­ures men­tioned include:
— **Omead Afshar**, Deputy to Musk, indi­cat­ing a close work­ing rela­tion­ship with­in one of Musk’s enter­pris­es.
— **Parag Agraw­al** and **Jack Dorsey**, mark­ing Musk’s con­nec­tion with Twit­ter, reflect­ing the broad­er tech indus­try ties.
— **Deep­ak Ahu­ja**, For­mer CFO of Tes­la, sig­nal­ing the finan­cial man­age­ment behind Musk’s auto­mo­tive ven­ture.
— **Sam Alt­man**, Co-founder of Ope­nAI with Musk, show­ing Musk’s inter­est and invest­ment in AI and its poten­tial.
— **Gwynne Shotwell**, Pres­i­dent of SpaceX, illus­trat­ing Musk’s endeav­ors in space explo­ration and col­o­niza­tion.

The chap­ter extends to per­son­al con­nec­tions, such as:
— **Claire Bouch­er (Grimes)**, a per­for­mance artist and the moth­er of three of Musk’s chil­dren, high­light­ing Musk’s per­son­al life.
— **Errol Musk** and **Maye Musk**, Elon Musk’s par­ents, shed­ding light on his fam­i­ly back­ground.
— **Jus­tine Musk**, First wife of Musk and moth­er of five of his chil­dren, and **Talu­lah Riley**, Actress and sec­ond wife of Musk, mark­ing sig­nif­i­cant rela­tion­ships in Musk’s life.

This exten­sive net­work not only under­pins Musk’s influ­ence across mul­ti­ple indus­tries, includ­ing tech­nol­o­gy, aero­space, and auto­mo­tive, but also reflects his per­son­al jour­ney, from his fam­i­ly to sig­nif­i­cant oth­ers and close friends. The chap­ter empha­sizes the breadth of Musk’s pro­fes­sion­al col­lab­o­ra­tions and per­son­al con­nec­tions, indi­cat­ing the wide-reach­ing impact of his work and vision across dif­fer­ent sec­tors and per­son­al dimen­sions.