jan 1, 2000 - X.com merged with Confinity to form PayPal, Musk married his first wife

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X.com merged with Confinity, which had a money-transfer service called PayPal and Musk became the CEO and company's largest shareholder by owning 11.7% of shares. The merged company focused on the PayPal service and was later renamed PayPal. PayPal's early growth was driven mainly by a viral marketing campaign where new customers were recruited when they received money through the service.

Musk met his first wife, Canadian author Justine Wilson, while both were students at Ontario's Queen's University. They married in 2000. Their first son, Nevada Alexander Musk, died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) at the age of 10 weeks.

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