Elon Reeve Musk FRS (; born June 28, 1971) is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. Musk has stated that the goals of SolarCity, Tesla Motors, and SpaceX revolve around his vision to change the world and humanity. Elon Reeve Musk FRS – A Biography
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Early life
Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa to Maye Musk (née Haldeman), a model and dietitian from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; and Errol Musk , a South African electromechanical engineer. He has a younger brother, Kimbal (born 1972), and a younger sister, Tosca (born 1974). His paternal grandmother was British. Elon Reeve Musk FRS – A Biography
Education
Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. His father was an engineer and his mother a model and nutritionist. Elon attended Waterkloof House Preparatory School and Bryanston High School where he completed his secondary education in 1989. He did not attend college after leaving high school to pursue his entrepreneurial ambitions.
Career
Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. He is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. In 2001 he began creating his first company called Zip2 Corporation.
- Net worth: 26,730 crores USD (2022) Forbes, Trending
- Born: 28 June 1971 (age 50 years), Pretoria, South Africa
- Spouse: Talulah Riley (m. 2013–2016), Talulah Riley (m. 2010–2012), Justine Musk (m. 2000–2008)
- Children: X Æ A-Xii, Nevada Alexander Musk, Xavier Musk,
- Education: University of Pennsylvania (1992–1997),
- Parents: Errol Musk, Maye Musk
Family
Elon was born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, to Maye (née Haldeman), a model from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; and Errol Musk, a South African electromechanical engineer. He has a younger brother, Kimbal (born 1972), and a younger sister, Tosca (born 1974). At 9 years old he moved with his mother to Canada.
Philanthropy
In May 2016, Musk founded The Boring Company, an infrastructure and tunnel-construction company. As of December 2016, Forbes estimated his net worth at $13.9 billion, ranking him 80th in the world. In 2015 he was ranked 21st on Bloomberg’s list of 100 most influential people and a 2015 poll included him in a list of candidates for Time’s annual person of the year award.
Elon musk kids
In 2008, Musk announced that he had fathered a child with author Justine Wilson. Their first son, Nevada Alexander Musk, was born on June 28, 2010. In early 2012, it was revealed that their second son and first child via surrogacy was born in October 2011. Elon Reeve Musk FRS – A Biography