There's barely a place left on Earth outside the gravitational pull of Elon Musk’s empire. How far does Elon's clout really stretch—and what conflicts of interest are emerging as he wields the power of the federal government? WIRED pulled the data and mapped out the key places that shape Elon's Empire.
Map of Starlink satellites courtesy of satellitemap.space
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Constantine Economides
Editor: Louis Lalire
Host: Dhruv Mehrotra
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Camera Operator: Chris Eustache
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Fynn Lithgow
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