Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Tesla was co-founded by what South African-born inventor?"
Elon Musk is the co-founder, CEO and product architect at Tesla Motors, a company dedicated to producing affordable, mass-market electric cars as well as battery products and solar roofs. Musk oversees all product development, engineering and design of the company's products. The South African entrepreneur also founded X.com in 1999 (which later became PayPal), and SpaceX in 2002. As of February 2018, he has a net worth of $20.8 billion and is listed by Forbes as the 53rd-richest person in the world.