Join Us For A Live In-Depth Conversation With Forbes Reporters Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person, went all in on Trump. The president's top financial backer during the campaign became the face of the federal job-slashing DOGE project. Musk's companies, Tesla and and SpaceX, seemed poised to be big beneficiaries of his ties to Trump but things aren't working out as planned.

Join us May 7th at 12 PM EST for a live in-depth conversation with audience Q&A on what just happened and what’s ahead. Attend and learn all about: Musk’s massive wealth hit Tesla and anti-Musk/DOGE blowback EVs in an era of tariffs and anti-climate policies New opportunities for SpaceX and xAI Register Now SPEAKERS John Hyatt Forbes John Hyatt is a staff writer who covers billionaires with a focus on money in politics. He joined Forbes in 2020 and has written about everything from Vivek Ramaswamy’s presidential campaign to a Tanzanian billionaire’s agribusiness dreams.

His 2021 investigation on a Chinese tycoon’s investments in Texas won him an SABEW Best in Business honorable mention, and his reporting has been cited by U.S. Congresspeople, referenced in investor lawsuits and offered as evidence before India’s Supreme Court. Alan Ohnsman Forbes Alan Ohnsman is a Forbes senior editor who covers cleantech and advanced transportation. He joined Forbes in 2016 and works in Los Angeles.

He authors the Current Climate newsletter, writes about promising clean energy developments and has covered Tesla since 2006, when he was with Bloomberg News. He has a graduate degree in journalism and a B.A. in English and Humanities.