Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Benjamin Fanjoy/AP hide caption
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a conference in Paris on June 16, 2023. Musk's record compensation package as Tesla CEO was recently rejected by a court as excessive, in a decision that pivoted in part on how much sway Musk has over his company. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Elon Musk is synonymous with Tesla. Is that good or bad for shareholders?
Elon Musk, who owns X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing an advertiser backlash on the platform, which is reliant on advertising revenue. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
IBM, Disney and Lionsgate are among the companies that've stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
Elon Musk, who owns X, is set to start charging new users of the platform $1 in the Philippines and New Zealand in an effort aimed at curbing bots. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
Elon Musk speaking to journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at a conference in 2016. Musk's lawyers recently tried to argue in court that comments he made at that event could have been altered. Recode/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
People are trying to claim real videos are deepfakes. The courts are not amused
Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of his legal effort to get out of his acquisition of the social media platform. Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg via Getty Images;Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the start of production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" in Grünheide, southeast of Berlin, Germany, on March 22. The billionaire, who has run afoul of regulators before, is in their sights again as he tries to buy Twitter. It's raising questions about the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to police the rich and powerful. Patrick Pleul/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he has lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, and he's trying to negotiate an agreement with the company. Hannibal Hanschke/AP hide caption
Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, shown here in 2020, has purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk strikes a pose at a December 2020 awards ceremony in Germany. This weekend, he hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live. Hannibal Hanschke-Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Elon Musk Takes An Awkward Turn As 'Saturday Night Live' Host
The exterior of the new Tesla flagship facility in San Francisco. Tesla attributes its recent profitability in part to the opening of new stores. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption