Elon Musk
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Updated: 2 Nov 2017
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Elon Musk was born in South AfricaBy the age of 12, Elon Musk sold his first video
game called "Blastar" and sold it for $500At the age of 17, he moved from South Africa to
Canada. Eventually, he attended college in the
U.S. at the University of Pennsylvania.In 1999, Musk co-founded X.com, an online
payment company that eventually became
PayPal before being acquired by eBay for $1.5
billion in stock (of which $165 million was given
to Musk).Elon Musk didn't become an American citizen until 2002, at age 31.After dropping out of grad school, Musk quickly
established his first company --Zip2, which
provided online newspapers with maps and
business directories. He sold the company in
1999 for $307 million.Elon married Justine MuskElon Divorced Justine MuskElon married Talulah RileyElon divorced Talulah RileyElon Remarried Talulah RileyElon divorced Talulah RileyElon and Justine gave birth to a baby boy, Nevada Alexander MuskElon and Justine's baby only 10weeks old passed
away from a sudden infant death syndrome
after putting him down for a nap.Justine Musk gives birth to twin boys, Xavier and GriffinJustine Musk gives birth to triplet boys, Saxon, Kai and DamianElon started dating American Actress Amber
Heard but then split up because of each others
schedulesThe Federation Aronautique Internationale,
which is the world governing body for aerospace
records, presented Musk with the FAI Gold
Space Medal in 2010 for designing the first
privately developed rocket to reach orbit. It's the
organization's highest awardKImbal Musk was born (Elon's brother)Tosca Musk was born (Elon's sister)At age 10, he developed an interest in
computing with the Commodore VIC-20.Musk was severely bullied throughout his
childhood and was once hospitalized when a
group of boys threw him down a flight of stairs
and then beat him until he lost consciousness.At the age of 17, Musk was accepted into
Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, for
undergraduate studyAfter spending two years at Queen's University,
Musk transferred to the University of
Pennsylvania,in May 1997 he received a Bachelor of Science
degree in physics from its College of Arts and
Sciences, and a Bachelor of Science degree in
economics from its Wharton School of Businessat age 24, Musk moved to California to begin a
PhD in applied physics and materials science at
Stanford University, but left the program after
two days to pursue his entrepreneurial
aspirations in the areas of the Internet,
renewable energy and outer space.Musk and his brother, Kimbal, started Zip2, a
web software company, with US$28,000 of their
father's money.In March 1999, Musk co-founded X.com, an
online financial services and e-mail payment
company, with US$10 million from the sale of
Zip2.In July 2017, Musk purchased the domain x.com
from PayPal for an undisclosed amount stating
that it has "great sentimental value" to him.
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