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Elon Musk has announced that the headquarters of X and its rocket firm, SpaceX, will relocate from California to Texas.
Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that he is moving the headquarters of two more of his companies—social media platform X and rocket company SpaceX—from California to Texas. He cited a new gender identity law in California as the “last straw.”
With these steps, Musk, who endorsed Republican Donald Trump for U.S. president last week, will have relocated Tesla and most of the businesses he controls or heads to Texas. The world’s richest man, Musk, changed his residence in 2021 from California to Texas, where there is no state income tax on individuals.
A new California law that forbids school districts from requiring teachers to notify parents when a child changes gender identity or sexual orientation helped spur Tuesday’s announcement.
“Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies,” Musk, who has a transgender daughter, explained on X—formerly Twitter—which he bought in 2022.
The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla has become outspoken on politics in recent years, often criticizing the Biden administration and Democrats’ positions on issues including transgender rights and immigration.
California voters have historically supported Democratic candidates, while Texas is a reliable Republican stronghold.
Musk said SpaceX’s main office would move to an existing Boca Chica, Texas facility, while X would move to Austin. However, the extent to which jobs or facilities in California will transfer to Texas remains unclear.
SpaceX has a sprawling headquarters near Los Angeles, a major aerospace hub where thousands of employees build the company’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, Dragon astronaut capsules, and some Starshield satellites.
In 2021, Musk moved Tesla’s headquarters from California to Texas but stated last year that California would remain its engineering hub.
He also transferred SpaceX’s incorporation from Delaware to Texas earlier this year following a Delaware judge’s decision invalidating Musk’s $56 billion compensation plan at electric vehicle maker Tesla.
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