Speeches
SpaceXSpaceX IPO — Nasdaq Bell Speech
As SpaceX goes public, Elon Musk speaks before ringing the Nasdaq opening bell — recalling his early doubts the company would survive and restating the goal of making life multiplanetary. The largest IPO ever, valuing SpaceX near $1.77 trillion.
TeslaAmerica PAC Town Hall
Musk takes audience questions at an America PAC town hall ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, handing out $1 million checks and arguing the race matters nationally.
Inauguration Day speech at Capital One Arena
Elon Musk addresses the crowd at the Capital One Arena on Donald Trump's Inauguration Day: "this was no ordinary victory — this was a fork in the road of human civilization," thanking supporters for making it happen and looking ahead to safe cities, secure borders, sound money and sending humans to Mars.
Trump Rally at Madison Square Garden
Musk's full MSG rally speech for Trump on government efficiency, free speech and getting out the vote.
TeslaAmerica PAC Town Hall — Lancaster, PA
Musk's return town hall in Lancaster, where he fielded audience questions for nearly three hours — ranging from early voting and government spending to education, Mars and Neuralink.
TeslaAmerica PAC Town Hall — Pittsburgh, PA
Musk's Pittsburgh-area town hall (McKees Rocks), where Senate candidate Dave McCormick joined him on stage and a $1 million check was handed out; more than two million people followed along on X.
TeslaAmerica PAC Town Hall — Harrisburg, PA
At a Dauphin County town hall near Harrisburg, Musk announced his $1 million-a-day giveaway to registered swing-state voters who sign America PAC's petition for free speech and the right to bear arms.
TeslaAmerica PAC Town Hall — Folsom, PA
Musk's first solo town hall for Donald Trump, at Ridley High School in Delaware County, where he called Pennsylvania the "linchpin" of the 2024 election and took voter questions on immigration, voting and free speech.
Trump Rally in Butler
Musk's full speech endorsing Trump, calling the election a must-win for preserving free speech and democracy.
10th World Water Forum Keynote
Keynote at the opening of the 10th World Water Forum in Bali, Indonesia. Musk argues the world's freshwater crisis is solvable with existing technology — desalination, now affordable, plus energy and transport.
Saturday Night Live
Musk's opening monologue hosting SNL, joking about his speaking style and Dogecoin and publicly disclosing having Asperger's.
TeslaGiga Berlin Worker Speech
Musk speaks to staff at the Berlin gigafactory about building cars quickly and acting on climate.
TeslaGolden Steering Wheel Award
Musk accepts the Goldenes Lenkrad award and announces that Tesla's first European Gigafactory will be built near Berlin.
COP21 talk at the Sorbonne
During COP21 Musk argues that a properly priced carbon tax is the fastest way to shift the world to sustainable energy.
TeslaONS Energy Conference
Keynote at the ONS oil, gas and energy conference on batteries, solar and sustainable energy.
SpaceXUSC Commencement
Commencement address to USC Marshall business graduates on hard work, attracting talent, focus and risk.
SpaceXMontana Economic Development Summit
Keynote address on SpaceX, Tesla and sustainable energy at the Montana Jobs Summit in Butte.
SpaceXCaltech Commencement Address
At Caltech's 118th commencement, Musk delivers his "Magicians of the 21st Century" address — urging graduates to work hard, take risks while young, question assumptions and reason from first principles, and go create technology so advanced it looks like magic.
Bloomberg Risk Takers
Bloomberg's "Risk Takers" profile of Elon Musk: from PayPal to founding SpaceX and building Tesla — the bets, the near-bankruptcies and the vision behind them.
SpaceXStanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture
One of Elon Musk's earliest recorded public talks. At 32, a year after founding SpaceX and while still building Tesla's predecessors, he recounts Zip2, X.com and PayPal, and lays out why he turned to rockets and Mars.