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 10 Facts About Elon Musk You Didn't Know

Musk may be best known as the founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, but did you know that he’s been making waves since before the age of 15? In 1993, at the age of 17, Musk sold his first commercial software program called Blastar to a video game magazine called PC and Office Technology. Since then, Musk has grown his empire from technology to environmental sustainability with more in between. Keep reading to learn more about Musk’s fascinating life story, which will inspire you to reach your goals in the business world no matter what they are!

1) He sold his first video game at the age of 12

Elon Musk is the founder and CEO of two companies, Tesla and SpaceX. The entrepreneur has a net worth of $20.8 billion making him the richest man in the world. He also has two children with his first wife Justine Wilson, who he divorced after having five children together. The business magnate ranked #5 on Forbes' list of the World's Billionaires in 2013, which he topped again in 2018. 

In 2003, Elon Musk co-founded Paypal alongside Peter Thiel and Max Levchin. 

He was born on June 28th 1971 to South African engineer Errol Musk and Canadian model Maye Elizabeth Wilson. 

In 2012 Elon founded SolarCity to provide solar energy solutions to homes, businesses and governments while simultaneously reducing their carbon footprint.

2) He was once homeless

Elon Musk is the richest man in the world and the top 10 most powerful people on earth. He's also a visionary, entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor. But before he became one of the most influential people in America, he was living on the streets. Here are 10 facts you might not know about this business genius. 1) One of his first successful projects after starting Tesla and SpaceX was PayPal which made it possible for eBay to accept payments from anyone around the world. 

2) Before creating Tesla Motors, Musk sold his software company called Zip2 to Compaq for $307 million in cash.

3) His cousins are in charge of SpaceX

1) His cousins, Peter and Erik, are in charge of SpaceX. 2) He was a millionaire by the time he was 22. 3) He has an IQ of 160. 4) He went to Burning Man for the first time in 2018. 5) He only sleeps five hours per night. 6) In 2015, one of his Tesla cars (Model S 85D) set a world record with the fastest production car sprint ever recorded- 0-60 mph in just over two seconds! 7) He was born in South Africa but grew up mostly in Canada. 8) He is responsible for making PayPal one of the most popular payment methods on the internet. 9) To date, he is worth about $20 billion dollars. 10) And finally, it's a known fact that no human being has accomplished more than him before their 40th birthday- despite all his failures too!

4) The New York Times called him a cross between Iron Man, Napoleon and Howard Hughes

Elon Musk is a South African-born American entrepreneur and engineer who co-founded PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity. He is currently the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors. The New York Times called him a cross between Iron Man, Napoleon and Howard Hughes. 

Here are ten facts you might not know about Elon Musk: 

1. he was born in South Africa 

2. he has an estimated net worth of $13 billion dollars 3. he attended college in Canada 4. Musk is married to author Justine Wilson and they have six children

5) He said he wouldn't sell Tesla because he believes it could help reduce carbon emissions

Elon Musk has said he won't sell Tesla for the foreseeable future because he believes it can help reduce carbon emissions. The electric car company is not yet profitable, but that doesn't seem to bother him. I'm a big supporter of the notion that a well-run public company should have some sort of social responsibility beyond just shareholder value, he told Rolling Stone. I don't think this will be what defines us as a company in the long term. But given that our cars are helping reduce carbon emissions, it's definitely something we care about and we're making progress on.

 In late 2015, Musk donated $1 million to help support relief efforts in Flint, Michigan after toxic levels of lead were found in drinking water due to lead pipes used throughout the city's infrastructure system

6) Between 2010–2012, he raised almost $1.4 billion for SpaceX, Tesla Motors and SolarCity

Elon Musk is a businessman, inventor and investor. He co-founded Paypal and Zip2, made his fortune as the CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and has even been a part of Disney’s board of directors. However, there are many things that you may not know about this top 10 entrepreneur— here are 10 facts you might not know about him: 1) He was born in South Africa. 2) After making a few million dollars with PayPal he decided to give away much of his wealth by signing Bill Gates' The Giving Pledge. 3) In order to help save humanity from self-destruction he founded the nonprofit organization OpenAI. 4) His favorite books include Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

7) He attended Burning Man with his sister in 2000

In 2000, Elon went to Burning Man with his sister. There, he met Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who were in the process of starting Google. The three hit it off and became friends. A few months later, when Musk was running out of money for his startup Zip2, he had a chance meeting with Brin and Page on a flight from San Francisco to New York. After some convincing, Musk agreed to sell Zip2 to Google. For that deal, he netted $165 million dollars-- which more than doubled his net worth at the time. He donated $10 million dollars after Hurricane Sandy: In November 2012, Musk donated $10 million dollars as a pledge towards relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of the East Coast.

8) Musk wants to die on Mars

Musk says he wants to die on Mars. He said: I think the best way to die is to have your body preserved and put on display like Lenin in Red Square. Just waiting for someone to be interested enough to take you into their lab. 

Musk's parents were really concerned about him growing up, so they wanted him to have a lot of siblings, but after giving birth to Elon they never had any more children. In 1995, when Musk was 17 years old, his father Errol died in an auto accident which left Elon with a US$180 million inheritance. In 1999, at the age of 24 and shortly before graduating from college with degrees in physics and economics, Musk moved to California to pursue an entrepreneurial career.

9) One of his favourite books is Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Series)

Elon Musk is an American business magnate, investor and engineer. He is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla Inc.; chairman of SolarCity; co-chairman of OpenAI; founder of Zip2; and co-founder of PayPal.

He has been described as one of the most influential people in the world. He also ranks as one of America's wealthiest people with a net worth of $20 billion dollars. In this blog post, we will tell you 10 facts about him that you may not know.

10) He proposed to his first wife using an Economics textbook

Elon Musk proposed to his first wife Justine by using an Economics textbook. He was attending Stanford University at the time and had left a copy of the book open on a table. He wrote Will you marry me? inside with a checkbox marked yes. She said yes and they were married in 2000. They divorced 10 years later, but not before she gave birth to their five sons. 

In 2002 he created SpaceX, which stands for Space Exploration Technologies Corporation. SpaceX is a private American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.