Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital. He is of British and
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In 1995, Musk, his brother Kimbal, and Greg Kouri founded Global Link Information Network, later renamed to Zip2. The company was started with $28,000 (equivalent to $56,000 in 2023) from Errol Musk. The … See more

Musk is president of the Musk Foundation he founded in 2001, whose stated purpose is to: provide solar-power energy systems in disaster areas; support research, development, and advocacy (for interests including h… See more

Musk made $175.8 million when PayPal was sold to eBay in October 2002. He was first listed on the Forbes Billionaires List in 2012, with a net worth of $2 billion. See more

Since joining Twitter (now known as X) in 2009, Musk has been an active user and has over 163 million followers as of November 2023 . He posts memes, promotes business interests, and comments … See more

In 2002, Musk became a U.S. citizen. From the early 2000s until late 2020, Musk resided in California, where both Tesla and SpaceX were founded. He then relocated to Austin, Texas, saying that California had become "c… See more

Though his ventures were influential within their own industries in the 2000s, Musk only became a public figure in the early 2010s. He has been described as an eccentric who makes spontaneous and controversial statements… See more