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SolarCity

American provider of energy services

Companypublic company subsidiary company businessQ7555824

Also known as SolarCity Corporation

Founded: 2006
Founded by: Lyndon Rive
Headquarters: San Mateo
, California
Country: United States
Industry: solar industry
CEO: Lyndon Rive
Chair: Elon Musk(since 2006)
Employees: 15,000(December 2016)

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SolarCity Corporation was a publicly traded company headquartered in Fremont, California, that sold and installed solar energy generation systems as well as other related products and services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company was founded on July 4, 2006, by Peter and Lyndon Rive, the cousins of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Tesla acquired SolarCity in 2016, at a cost of approximately $2.6 billion and reorganized its solar business into Tesla Energy.

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Owned by: Tesla(since 2016)
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1.tesla.com/blog/teslas-acquisition-of-solarcity-receives-shareholder-approval
2.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000119312516697498/d241192ds4.htm
3.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/pkqkx8prqjvrftauj1r9lq2
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Legal form: subsidiary company(since 2016)
public company(2012–2016)
Significant event: initial public offering(2012) listed on: Nasdaq
Dissolved: 2016

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