Life of Elon musk

South African entrepreneur Elon Musk is known for founding Tesla Motors and SpaceX,which launched a landmark commercial spacecraft in 2012.

Who is Elon Musk?

Elon Musk is a South African-born American entrepreneur and businessman who founded X.com in 1999 (PayPal),SpaceX in 2002 and Tesla Motors in 2003. Musk became a multimillionaire in his late 20s when he sold his start-up company, Zip2, to a division of Compaq Computer.

In January 2021, Musk reportedly surpassed Jeff bezoz as the wealthiest man in the world.

Life

Musk was born on June 28, 1971,in Pretoria,South Africa.As a child,Musk was so lost in his daydreams about inventions that his parents and doctors ordered a test to check his hearing.

At about the time of his parents’ divorce, when he was 10,Musk developed an interest in computers.He taught himself how to program, and when he was 12 he sold his first software: a game he created called Blastar.

In grade school, Musk was short, introverted and bookish.He was bullied until he was 15 and went through a growth spurt and learned how to defend himself with karate and wrestling.

Family

Musk’s mother,maye mask is a Canadian model and the oldest woman to star in a Covergirl campaign.When Musk was growing up,she worked five jobs at one point to support her family.

Musk’s father,Errol Musk,is a wealthy South African engineer.

Musk spent his early childhood with his brother Kimbal and sister Tosca in South Africa.His parents divorced when he was 10.

EDUCATION

At age 17, in 1989,Musk moved to Canada to attend Queen’s University and avoid mandatory service in the South African military.Musk obtained his Canadian citizenship that year, in part because he felt it would be easier to obtain American citizenship via that path.

After leaving Penn,Musk headed to Stanford University in California to pursue a PhD in energy physics.However, his move was timed perfectly with the Internet boom, and he dropped out of Stanford after just two days to become a part of it, launching his first company, Zip2 Corporation in 1995. Musk became a U.S. citizen in 2002.

Elon Musk own company

1. Space x

2. Zip2

3. Tesla motors

4. paypal

5. Open AI

6. Neuralink

7. Solarcity

8. Deepmind