Elon Musk - Timeline
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Updated: 20 Oct 2017
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Born to engineer father and model motherReads aproxamatly seven hours per dayRuns out of books to read at local library and reads entire Encyclopaedia BritannicaHis parents divorce, goes to live with his fatherGets bullied at school, gets pushed down a staircaseCreates video ‘Blaster’ and sells it for $500Decides to change humanity as his life missionMoves to CanadaStarts university in OntarioDoes well in banking but gets in trouble for using the coffee machine of senior bossesTransfers to UPenn University majoring in physics and economicsAchieves economics degree and later physicsStarts Zip2 with his brother Kimbal MuskRaises first investment money of $3 millionStarts X.com with his own money, an online bankMerges X.com with Cofinity to form PayPalMarries Justine MuskFired from being CEO of PayPal while on honeymoonMoves to Los Angeles to be closer to space industryGoes to Russia to buy a rocket to send to MarsReads books to learn how to build rockets after reilizing how expensive they are to buyFirst son is born, dies ten weeks later from SIDSStarts SpaceX with his own money to build rocketsSells PayPal and earns $250 millionMeets Tesla founders who pitch electric car idea (his vision)Invests in TeslaTwin sons are bornFirst rocket launches and explodesBecomes first investor in SolarCity (cousin’s company)Triplets sons are bornSecond launch failsModel S is unveiled; the first Tesla carDivorces Justine MuskThird launch failsSpaceX and Tesla are both running out of moneyFourth launch succeedsRaises more money for Tesla hours before going bankruptFirst Model S customers receive their carTesla gets listed on the marketMarried Talulah RileyPromises to send humans to Mars by 2021-2031Announces he is using reusable rockets to make space flight over 100 times cheaperUnveils the Tesla Model XDivorces Talulah RileySells Zip2 for $22 millionSells computers out of University roomUnveils and releases the supercharger to the publicRe-marries Talulah RileyPublishes design of Hyperloop OneFirst customers get their Model XRocket launch fails (after 19 successful launches)Rocket landing succeeds - first reusable rocketUnveils Tesla Model 3 ($35,000)Richard Branson invests in Hyperloop
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