News Summary

• Elon Musk has become far more than a corporate executive or political power broker.
• Through his control of companies underpinning global communications, military operations, space access, and artificial intelligence, Musk has acquired a degree of influence few private individuals have ever possessed.
• "There's a very real chance that [Musk] is the most powerful civilian, non-governmental actor in history," Gautam Mukunda, a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School told Yahoo Finance.
• The Starlink-Ukraine fallout underscores a broader transformation underway in the global economy.