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STATISTICS
Source of Wealth:
SpaceX, Tesla Motors and PayPalAge:
50Birth Place:
Pretoria, South AfricaMarital Status:
Divorced (Justine Wilson, Talulah Riley)Full Name:
Elon MuskNationality:
United StatesDate of Birth:
June 28, 1971Occupation:
EntrepreneurEducation:
Pretoria Boys High School, Queen's University, MoreChildren:
7 (Nevada, Kai Musk, Xavier Musk, Griffin Musk, Damian Musk, Saxon Musk, X AE A-XII)
Childhood and family
Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. His mother is Maye Musk (née Haldeman), a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan, Canada, but raised in South Africa.
Zip2
In 1995, Musk, Kimbal, and Greg Kouri founded web software company Zip2 with funds from angel investors. They housed the venture at a small rented office in Palo Alto. The company developed and marketed an Internet city.
Musk made $165 million when PayPal was sold to eBay in 2002. He was first listed on the Forbes Billionaires List in 2012, with a net worth of $2 billion.
Hyperloop
In 2013, Musk announced plans for a version of a vactrain (or vacuum tube train), assigning a dozen engineers from Tesla and SpaceX to establish the conceptual foundations and create initial designs.
KEY FACTS ELON MUSK
Musk was accepted to a graduate program at Stanford, but deferred attendance to launch his first business, software company Zip2.
As a kid Musk taught himself to code; he sold his first game, Blastar, for about $500.
Owns 48% of SpaceX
Owns 22% of Tesla
ELON MUSK NET WORTH YEAR WISE
Earnings 2021$27 Billion
Earnings 2020$548 Million
Earnings 2019$1.45 Billion
Earnings 2014$1 Thousand
Earnings 2013$5.781 Billion
Earnings 2009$1.6 Billion
Earnings 2002$165 Million
Earnings 1999$22 Million
_______ is the Night
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2022