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Elon Musk

A Rather Strange Businessman

Young Elon

-Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa

Childhood

Elon's Family

Family

-His mother was a model

-His father was a electromechanical, engineer, pilot, consultant and property manager

-He has two younger sibling

-His parents divorced in 1980

Elon's Father

-Elon has said his father was abusive. "Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done.

Family Strugles

High School

Education

-By a young age, Musk had already learned to code

-He even, at age 12, programed his own basic video game.

-Attended Waterkloof House Prepatory School, Bryonston High School, and Petroia Boys High School

So many colleges

-Applied for Canadian Passport, while waiting, attended Petroia University

-Moved from South Africa to Canada to meet up with his great uncle

-Couldn't find him, so moved into second cousins house

College

So many colleges #2

-Went to Queen's University, University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford for two days before dropping out and pursuing a career on the internet

College

Zip2

Slow Start

-Zip2 was the first company Musk joined after dropping out of college

-Developed and marketed an Internet city guide for the newspaper publishing industry, with maps, directions, and yellow pages

-According to Musk, there was only one computer for him and two other coworkers

-Zip2 was bought in 1999 for $307 million, Musk getting 7%($22 million)

X.com and PayPal

X.com

-Being one of the first online banks, X.com was an instant success

-Stockholders thought Musk was not a rather good businessman, so he was replaced

-Later changed name to PayPal and sold to eBay

SpaceX

Doing Great

-Main objective with SpaceX was to have greenhouses on Mars and grow crops there

-After 3 failed launches, SpaceX succeeded in launching Falcon 1 in 2008

-Got Commercial Resuply Services from NASA, letting them use a man-operated spacecraft used to transport things or people to the International Space Station

Tesla

-Tesla wasn't founded by Musk, but by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenring

-Became CEO and product architect, positions he still holds today

-Started slow, but took off around 2016 and now has 6 different models of Tesla's

"Since it's initial public offering in 2010, Tesla's stock has risen significantly, becoming the Most Valuble Carmaker in Summer 2020."

The Boring Company

-Not a very boring company at all

-Trying many things, including underground highway

Boring

Interesting Facts

1. Before Zip2 became successful, Musk slept on one of the office couches and showered at the Y.M.C.A.

2. After politicians agreed to ban the selling of flamethrowers on the internet, Musk named his "flamethrower" on The Boring Company, "Not-A-Flamethrower"

Interesting Facts

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