Live power index

Power Profiles

Every tracked actor, ranked by how often they actually surface in the coverage file — each opening into a deep-investigative dossier on what they control and why it reaches the public.

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Elon Musk

The world's first trillionaire, controlling the launch, satellite, AI, and social-platform infrastructure that states and militaries now depend on.

Elon Musk became the first person in history with a net worth exceeding $1 trillion following the June 12, 2026 IPO of SpaceX, which priced at a valuation near $1.77 trillion and raised roughly $75 billion — the largest public offering ever recorded. SpaceX, in which Musk holds about 41%, accounts for the majority of his fortune.

Role
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX; owner of X (formerly Twitter); founder of xAI, Neuralink, and The Boring Company
Net worth
$1.1–1.2 trillion
Based
Austin, Texas
Defense and intelligence infrastructure0 live story matchesDeep dossier
Power index

Ranked by power score

The 28 profiles with live coverage, scored 0–100 on a power index that blends coverage volume, how recent that coverage is, and whether a deep dossier has been compiled.

  1. 1Live Nation LeadershipdossierMedia ownership and narrative power1003 live
  2. 2Rupert MurdochdossierMedia ownership and narrative power973 live
  3. 3Jared KushnerdossierPolitical financing and donor networks822 live
  4. 4Reed HastingsdossierMedia ownership and narrative power802 live
  5. 5GEO Group Leadership OrbitdossierJudicial and legal infrastructure802 live
  6. 6Jamie DimondossierFinancial market infrastructure802 live
  7. 7Lachlan MurdochdossierMedia ownership and narrative power782 live
  8. 8Advance Local Ownership OrbitdossierMedia ownership and narrative power782 live
  9. 9Donald NewhousedossierMedia ownership and narrative power782 live
  10. 10Perry SookdossierMedia ownership and narrative power772 live
  11. 11Larry PagedossierTechnology platform control691 live
  12. 12Reid HoffmandossierPolitical financing and donor networks691 live
  13. 13Sam AltmandossierTechnology platform control691 live
  14. 14Satya NadelladossierTechnology platform control691 live
  15. 15Sergey BrindossierTechnology platform control691 live
  16. 16Vinod KhosladossierPolitical financing and donor networks691 live
  17. 17David ZaslavdossierMedia ownership and narrative power611 live
  18. 18Larry EllisondossierTechnology platform control611 live
  19. 19Shari RedstonedossierMedia ownership and narrative power611 live
  20. 20David RicksdossierHealthcare systems and data control611 live
  21. 21Laurene Powell JobsdossierMedia ownership and narrative power611 live
  22. 22Andy JassydossierTechnology platform control611 live
  23. 23Jeff BezosdossierTechnology platform control611 live
  24. 24David M. Rubenstein Civic OrbitdossierPrivate equity and asset concentration591 live
  25. 25David RubensteindossierPrivate equity and asset concentration591 live
  26. 26John HessdossierEnergy and resource control591 live
  27. 27Mike WirthdossierEnergy and resource control591 live
  28. 28Ray DaliodossierFinancial market infrastructure591 live

Showing the top 28 of 28 profiles with live coverage. Scores recompute from the live article store on every rebuild; uncovered profiles surface in discovery below.

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Media ownership and narrative power

Live Nation Leadership

Media ownership and narrative power

Rupert Murdoch

Political financing and donor networks

Jared Kushner

Media ownership and narrative power

Reed Hastings

Judicial and legal infrastructure

GEO Group Leadership Orbit

Financial market infrastructure

Jamie Dimon

Media ownership and narrative power

Lachlan Murdoch

Media ownership and narrative power

Advance Local Ownership Orbit

Media ownership and narrative power

Donald Newhouse

Media ownership and narrative power

Perry Sook

Technology platform control

Larry Page

Political financing and donor networks

Reid Hoffman

By category

Nine lanes of concentrated power

Each category is a distinct mechanism of control. The counts show how the file is distributed and which lanes already have live coverage attached.

Technology platform control

52 profiles · 7 with coverage

Platform owners shape distribution, infrastructure, data capture, and the systems other institutions quietly depend on.

Financial market infrastructure

45 profiles · 2 with coverage

Influence moves through asset management, lending, market rails, and the institutions that decide whose capital scales.

Media ownership and narrative power

37 profiles · 10 with coverage

Narrative control matters because ownership decides which stories travel, which disappear, and which frames become common sense.

Political financing and donor networks

34 profiles · 3 with coverage

This is the donor circuitry behind policy access, campaign pressure, and long-horizon ideological infrastructure.

Energy and resource control

19 profiles · 2 with coverage

Power sits in extraction, logistics, utilities, and the ability to shape what communities can afford and access.

Healthcare systems and data control

17 profiles · 1 with coverage

These actors shape care, pricing, records, and the administrative systems that decide who gets treated and at what cost.