Yeeun Lee

Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹ I build revolutionary technologies

Building the future of transporation, energy, and space.

Timeline

Timeline

๐Ÿ”น 1995: Started Zip2

โ–ซ๏ธ Co-founded Zip2, a city guide software for newspapers, with his brother Kimbal.

โ–ซ๏ธ Sold Zip2 to Compaq for $307 million in 1999.

๐Ÿ”น 1999: Founded X.com

โ–ซ๏ธ Launched X.com, an online payment company.

โ–ซ๏ธ X.com later became PayPal, which was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock in 2002.

๐Ÿ”น 2002: Founded SpaceX

โ–ซ๏ธ Founded SpaceX with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars.

โ–ซ๏ธ SpaceX developed the Falcon and Starship rockets, and the Dragon spacecraft.

๐Ÿ”น 2004: Joined Tesla Motors

โ–ซ๏ธ Invested in Tesla Motors, Inc. and joined the company as chairman of the board.

โ–ซ๏ธ Became CEO and product architect, leading the development of electric vehicles and sustainable energy solutions.

๐Ÿ”น 2006: Founded SolarCity

โ–ซ๏ธ Co-founded SolarCity, a solar energy services company.

โ–ซ๏ธ SolarCity was acquired by Tesla in 2016 and became Tesla Energy.

๐Ÿ”น 2015: Founded OpenAI

โ–ซ๏ธ Co-founded OpenAI, a nonprofit research company focused on developing friendly AI for the benefit of humanity.

๐Ÿ”น 2016: Founded Neuralink

โ–ซ๏ธ Founded Neuralink, a neurotechnology company focused on developing brain-computer interface technology.

๐Ÿ”น 2016: Founded The Boring Company

โ–ซ๏ธ Launched The Boring Company to develop tunnel construction and infrastructure technology to alleviate traffic congestion.

๐Ÿ”น 2020: Launched Starlink

โ–ซ๏ธ SpaceX launched Starlink, a satellite internet constellation, to provide global high-speed internet coverage.

๐Ÿ”น 2022: Acquired Twitter

โ–ซ๏ธ Acquired Twitter, rebranded it to X, and aimed to transform it into a super app.

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๐ŸŽ“ Education

1995 Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Pennsylvania

1997 Bachelor of Science in Economics, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania