- Age: 51 (Born June 28, 1971)
- Birthplace: Pretoria, South Africa
- Profession: Entrepreneur, Business Magnate, CEO
- Height: 6’2″ (188 cm)
- Zodiac Sign: Cancer
- Nationality: South African, Canadian, American
- Education: Pretoria Boys High School (South Africa), Queen’s University (Canada), University of Pennsylvania (USA), briefly attended Stanford University (USA)
Net Worth:
As of 2023, Elon Musk’s net worth is estimated to be around $300 billion.
Career:
Overview
Elon Musk is an entrepreneur and business magnate known for his work in the electric vehicle, space exploration, and renewable energy industries. He is the CEO and lead designer of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc., and co-founder of Neuralink, The Boring Company, and OpenAI.
Milestones and Achievements
- Elon Musk co-founded Zip2, a company that provided online business directories and maps, which was eventually sold to Compaq for nearly $300 million in 1999.
- He co-founded X.com, an online payment company that later became PayPal and was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock in 2002.
- Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, which has since developed the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship rockets and the Dragon spacecraft. SpaceX became the first privately-funded company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) and the first to launch and land a rocket vertically.
- Under Musk’s leadership, Tesla, Inc. has revolutionized the electric vehicle market with models such as the Tesla Roadster, Model S, Model X, Model 3, and Model Y.
- He has also been involved in renewable energy projects, including SolarCity (now a subsidiary of Tesla), and energy storage solutions like the Tesla Powerwall and Powerpack.
Personal Life:
Relationships
Elon Musk has been married three times, twice to English actress Talulah Riley. He also dated Canadian musician Claire Elise Boucher, known as Grimes, with whom he has a son named X AE A-Xii.
Family
Elon Musk is the son of Errol Musk, an electromechanical engineer, and Maye Musk, a model and dietician. He has two siblings, Kimbal Musk and Tosca Musk.
Trivia and Lesser-Known Facts:
- Elon Musk became a U.S. citizen in 2002 and holds citizenship in three countries: South Africa, Canada, and the United States.
- He was inspired to work on electric vehicles, space travel, and renewable energy after reading books like “The Foundation” series by Isaac Asimov and “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams.
- Musk has made cameo appearances in several films and TV shows, including “Iron Man 2,” “The Big Bang Theory,” and “Rick and Morty.”
- He is a proponent of Mars colonization and has expressed his desire to send humans to Mars through his company SpaceX.
- Musk has been outspoken about the potential risks of artificial intelligence, which led him to co-found OpenAI, a research organization focused on developing safe AI technology.
Social Media Links:Twitter: @elonmusk
