Full Name : Elon Reeve Musk
Born : 28th- Jun - 1971
Zodiac Sign : Cancer
Height : 181 CMS (5 Feet 11 Inches)
Birth Place : Pretoria, Gauteng
Country : South Africa
Education : Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pretoria Boys High School Brooklyn, Queen's University Kingston, Stanford University California
Occupation : Entrepreneur, CEO, Engineer
Industry : Technology, Business, Automobile
Net worth : $11.9 Billion
Early Life
When talent and dedication come together, the result is Elon Musk. Never one to rest on his laurels, Musk has moved from achievement to other all the time, bringing to the world a fresh idea or invention. Born in South Africa, Musk’s father was a mechanical engineer and his mother was a popular model. Musk began his entrepreneurial ventures very young – at age ten, he bought his first computer. He learned computer programming on his own and by the age of twelve, had created a game called Blaster which he sold for US$500.
Musk felt that it would be easier to immigrate to the United States from Canada than from South Africa. So, in 1989, he took admission to Queen’s University in Canada while seventeen. In 1992, Musk transferred to the University of Pennsylvania. After earning a bachelor’s degree in economics, he pursued a second undergraduate degree in physics. The thirst for knowledge was inborn in Musk, something that is not often seen in people.
Career:
Not content with two undergraduate degrees, Musk moved to California to pursue a PhD in energy physics at Stanford University. However, he quit after only 2 days at the program to become a part of the Internet boom. His first company, Zip2 Corporation, was an online city guide that provided information for the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. Musk became a multimillionaire in his late 20s by selling Zip2 to Compaq Computers for US$ 307 million cash and US$ 34 million as stock options.He moved on to co-establish an online payments company called X.com, which later became as PayPal. Musk owned 11% of the company’s stock. In 2002, eBay acquired PayPal for US$ 1.5 billion in stock.
"Great companies are built on great products"- Elon Reeve Musk
Next on his agenda came a commercial space travel company called SpaceX. NASA gave the company a US$ 1.6 billion contract to supply the International Space Station. In 2015, SpaceX was able to raise US$ 1 billion by roping in new investors like Fidelity and Google. This made the value of the company a little over US$ 10 billion.
Achievements:
Musk had more on his plate – Tesla Motors, a luxury electric car maker, which he co-founded in 2003, raised US$ 226 million by launching its initial public offering in 2010. He established the Musk Foundation that supports space exploration and the discovery of renewable energy sources. Musk is also the owner of Solar City, a solar panel designer and installer.The slew of inventions show no sign of stopping. Musk’s new concept of transportation, known as “The Hyperloop” was released in 2013. According to this concept, travel between major cities would happen at speeds above 700 miles per hour.Musk estimates that the Hyperloop will take from 7-10 years to be built and ready for use.Naturally, his ambitious project has met with skepticism. But, Musk being Musk, we will only have to wait and watch!
Awards:
2015 - Entrepreneur of the Year, IEEE Honorary Membership
2014 - World Technology
2012 - Royal Aeronautical Societys, Smithsonian magazines American Ingenuity
2008 - National Conservation Achievement
Elon Musk helped to establish and drives Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company. As the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon leads all item configuration, engineering and worldwide assembling of the organization's electric vehicles, battery items and sun energy items. In 2002, Musk established SpaceX, an aerospace producer and space transport administrations organization, of which he is CEO and CTO. In 2004, he joined electric vehicle producer Tesla Motors Inc. Presently Tesla, Inc.) as administrator and item modeller, turning into its CEO in 2008.
Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. His mom is Maye Musk a dietician and model born into the world in Saskatchewan, Canada, however brought up in South Africa. His dad is Errol Musk, a South African electromechanical designer, pilot, sailor, expert, and property engineer. Musk has a more youthful sister, Tosca she is born into the world in 1974 and a more youthful sibling, Kimbal he is born into the world in 1972. Musk met his first spouse, they name is Justine Wilson. They are a Canadian creator They wedded in 2000 and isolated in 2008 Their first kid Alexander Musk passed on of unexpected newborn sudden inflant death syndrome(SIDS) at 10 weeks. In 2008, Musk started dating English entertainer Talulah Riley, and in 2010, the couple wedded. In 2012, Musk declared a separation from Riley. In 2013, Musk and Riley remarried.
Tesla, Inc. initially Tesla Motors was joined in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, who financed the organization until the Series A series of subsidizing. Musk played a functioning job inside the organization and regulated Roadster item configuration however was not profoundly engaged with everyday business activities. Tesla previously constructed an electric sports car, the Roadster, in 2008. With deals of around 2,500 cars, it was the principal sequential creation all-electric vehicle to using lithium-ion battery cells. Tesla started deliveries of its four-door Model S sedan in 2012; a get over, the Model X was launch in 2015.