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Elon Musk

Born June 28, 1971 (1971-06-28) (age 36)
South Africa
Residence Bel-Air, California
Education B. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Bel Air is a wealthy and prominent faux-gated residential community in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. A. in Economics and Physics from University of Pennsylvania
Occupation entrepreneur
Title CEO and CTO of SpaceX
Chairman of Tesla Motors and SolarCity
Net worth $328 million
Known for co-founder of PayPal
Spouse Justine Musk
Children five sons

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Early life

Musk was born and grew up in South Africa, the son of a South African engineer and a Canadian-born mother[1] who has worked as a New York City dietitian[2] and modeled for fun. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The City of New York [3] His father inspired his love of technology and Musk bought his first computer at age 10 and taught himself how to program;[1] by the age of 12 he sold his first commercial software, a space game called Blaster. [1]

He left home in 1988 at the age of 17, without his parents' support,[2] and in part because of the prospect of compulsory service in the South African military: "I don't have an issue with serving in the military per se, but serving in the South African army suppressing black people just didn't seem like a really good way to spend time,". The South African Defence Force (SADF were the South African Armed forces from 1957 until 1994 [1] He headed toward the US, saying: "It is where great things are possible. I am nauseatingly pro-American. "[3] Leaving South Africa he first went to Kingston, Ontario where he enrolled at Queen's University,[3] barely scraping by on as little as $1 a day[1] with part-time and summer jobs. Kingston Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational non-sectarian Public university located in Kingston, Ontario [3] He then landed a prestigious scholarship to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. "Tuition costs are outrageous . . . Fortunately, they gave me a scholarship . . . so I only had to cover living expenses, books, etc. , by working. "[3] From Wharton he received an undergraduate degree in economics and stayed on another year to finish a second bachelors degree in physics. [2][4] His undergraduate degrees behind him, Musk then considered three areas he wanted to get into that were "important problems", as he said later, "One was the Internet. One was clean energy and one was space. "[1]

Musk lives in Bel-Air, California, with his wife, the author Justine Musk, their five sons and three dogs. Bel Air is a wealthy and prominent faux-gated residential community in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Justine Musk (born Justine Wilson in 1972 in Peterborough Ontario, Canada is the author of BloodAngel, published in 2005 by the ROC imprint of Penguin

Entrepreneurial activities

In 1995, Musk went on to a graduate program in high energy physics at Stanford, in which he stayed exactly two days before dropping out to start Zip2,[2] which provided online content publishing software for news organizations. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in In 1999, Compaq's AltaVista division acquired Zip2 for US$307 million in cash and US$34 million in stock options. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Compaq Computer Corporation was an American Personal computer company founded in 1982 and is now a brand name of Hewlett-Packard. [5] Elon and his brother Kimbal held about 12 percent of Zip2 at the time.

In March 1999, Musk co-founded X.com, an online financial services and email payments company. March 1999 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month PayPal is an E-commerce business allowing payments and Money transfers to be made through the Internet. [2] One year later, X. com acquired Confinity, originally a company formed to beam money between Palm Pilots,[6] and the combined entity focused on email payments through the PayPal domain, acquired as part of Confinity. In February 2001, X. February 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September com changed its legal name to PayPal. In October 2002, PayPal was acquired by eBay for US$1. October 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - eBay Inc is an American Internet company that manages eBaycom an Online auction and shopping Website in which people and businesses buy and 5 billion in stock. [7] Before its sale, Musk, the company's largest shareholder, owned 11. 7% of PayPal's shares. [8]

Elon Musk (left) at Tesla Motors. Photo by Erik Charlton
Elon Musk (left) at Tesla Motors. Photo by Erik Charlton

In June 2002, Musk founded his third company, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), of which he is currently the CEO and CTO. June 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September Space Exploration Technologies Corporation ( SpaceX) is an American space-transportation Startup company founded by PayPal co-founder Elon A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator A chief technical officer or chief technology officer (abbreviated as CTO) is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within SpaceX develops and manufactures space launch vehicles, with an emphasis on low cost and high reliability. In Spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a Rocket used to carry a payload from the Earth's surface into Outer space. The company's first two launch vehicles are the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 rockets. The Falcon 1 is a partially reusable Launch system designed and manufactured by SpaceX. The Falcon 9 is an EELV class Launch vehicle planned by SpaceX and scheduled to launch in 2009

In addition to his business activities in entrepreneurial space, Musk is the principal owner and Chairman of the Board of Tesla Motors, which aspires to build high-end luxury electric vehicles. [9] He is also the primary investor and Chairman of the Board of SolarCity, a photovoltaics products and services startup company. SolarCity is a provider of Solar energy system design financing installation and related services based in Foster City California. [10] The underlying motivation for funding both companies is to help combat global warming. [11]

Musk's fortune is estimated at US$328 million. [12]

Philanthropy

Non-space-related activities

Musk is Chairman of the Musk Foundation, which focuses its philanthropic efforts on science education, pediatric health, and clean energy.

Space-related activities

In 2001, Musk had plans for a "Mars Oasis" project, which would land a miniature experimental greenhouse on Mars, containing food crops growing on Martian regolith. Regolith ( Greek: "blanket rock" is a layer of loose Heterogeneous material covering solid rock. [13] He put this project on hold when he discovered that launch costs would dwarf the mission development and construction costs for the project, and decided to work on lowering launch costs by founding SpaceX. His long term goal is that SpaceX helps humanity become a true spacefaring civilization.

Musk is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, a Director of the Planetary Society and a Trustee of The X-Prize Foundation. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS is a corporation in the United States whose members serve Pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science The Planetary Society is a large publicly supported non-government and not-for-profit organization that has many research projects related to Astronomy. The X PRIZE Foundation is a non-profit prize institute that designs and manages public competitions for the benefit of humanity

In 2005, Musk acquired a 10% share of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), a world leader in the design, manufacture and operation of high performance small satellites, majority owned by the University of Surrey, UK.

Interests

Musk owned a McLaren F1 sports car worth approximately $1 million, and a Czech-built Aero L-39 trainer worth approximately $250,000. The McLaren F1 was formerly the fastest street legal production car in the world holding this record from 1994 to 2005 the longest period the record has been held WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout [14] The 1994 model Dassault Falcon 900 aircraft used in the film, "Thank You for Smoking" (Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2006) is registered to Mr. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Thank You for Smoking is a 2006, Golden Globe Award -nominated Film Satire directed by Jason Reitman and produced by Musk (N900SX). Mr. Musk is listed as an Executive Producer of the film.

Musk owns a Tesla Roadster car 0001 (the first one off the production line) from Tesla Motors, a company in which he is an early investor. The Tesla Roadster is a fully electric Sports car. It is the first car produced by electric car firm Tesla Motors. The Roadster is a battery electric sportscar with a 220 mile range. The battery electric vehicle, or BEV, is a type of Electric vehicle (EV that uses chemical Energy stored in Rechargeable battery [15]

Education

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Michael Belfiore. Rocketeers. HarperCollins, 2007. ISBN 978-0-06-114902-3 - see chapter 7 "Orbit on a Shoestring" pp. 166-195.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Fast Track", by Mark Gimein, Salon.com, August 17, 1999
  3. ^ a b c d e Todd Halvorson. Saloncom, part of Salon Media Group ( often just called Salon, is an online "Elon Musk Unveiled" in Florida Today, January 29, 2005.
  4. ^ "Entrepreneur Tries His Midas Touch in Space", Los Angeles Times, 22 April, 2007.  
  5. ^ Compaq buys Zip2 by Sandeep Junnarkar, CNet News. com. com, February 16th, 1999
  6. ^ "PayPal Puts Dough in Your Palm", by Karlin Lillington, Wired News, July 27, 1999
  7. ^ EBay SEC 10-K (PDF format) December 31, 2002
  8. ^ Paypal SEC 10-K, December 31, 2001
  9. ^ Company Board, from Tesla Motors website. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
  10. ^ SolarCity Management Team
  11. ^ "The unveiling of the Tesla Motors Electric Car", video from "Autoblog. com" via YouTube. Retrieved 2006-07-26
  12. ^ "Hondas in Space", FastCompany. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus com, Issue 91, February 2005, Page 74, By Jennifer Reingold
  13. ^ "Elon Musk, Life to Mars Foundation", from Mars Now, a weekly column by John Carter McKnight of the Space Frontier Foundation, September 25, 2001
  14. ^ "A Bold Plan to Go Where Men Have Gone Before", by Leslie Wayne, The New York Times, February 5, 2006
  15. ^ Tesla Motors - press room

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