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According to SFGATE, among its most compelling contributors are Justine Musk, his former wife, and Ashley St Clair, who has publicly said she has a child with him.Justine, the mother of Musk's first five children, discusses their relationship and describes experiences she says shaped her understanding of emotional manipulation.
She also addresses the death of their first child and Musk's treatment of their transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson.St Clair, a conservative influencer, shares details of her early communications with Musk, including personal messages displayed in the documentary.
The film examines their relationship and her decision to speak publicly.
She reportedly declined a $40m nondisclosure agreement, although the circumstances and terms surrounding that reported offer have not been independently established here.Musk did not participate in the documentary.
Gibney instead uses archival footage and an artificial intelligence generated avatar designed to represent the technology executive.The director spent four years developing the project.
It follows Musk's career from early ventures such as Zip2 and X.com to SpaceX, Tesla, Starlink, X and xAI.
Contributors include LinkedIn co founder Reid Hoffman, neuroscientist Sam Harris and journalists Kara Swisher and Zoë Schiffer.The documentary takes a critical view of Musk's business record and political influence, questioning his public image and examining his companies' relationships with government funding and regulation.
These assessments represent the film's arguments rather than undisputed findings.Musk has threatened legal action over the documentary, according to SFGATE, but the publication reported that no defamation lawsuit had been filed at the time of its review.Elon Musk is chief executive officer (CEO) and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX.
Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025, and became the only trillionaire (in terms of US dollars) in June 2026; as of October 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$1 trillion.Born into the wealthy Musk family in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk emigrated in 1989 to Canada; he has Canadian citizenship since his mother was born there.
He received bachelor's degrees in 1997 from the University of Pennsylvania before moving to California to pursue business ventures.
In 1995, Musk co-founded Zip2, a web software company.
Following its sale in 1999, he co-founded X.com, an e-commerce payment system that merged with Confinity in March 2000 to form PayPal, which was acquired by eBay in 2002.
Musk also became an American citizen in 2002.Musk was the largest donor in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, where he supported Donald Trump.
