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Who is Elon Musk South African
entrepreneur Elon Musk is known for
founding tesla motors and SpaceX which
launched a landmark commercial
spacecraft in 2012 synopsis born in
south africa in 1971 allowed must became
a multi-millionaire in his late twenties
when he sold his startup company zip to
to a division of compact computers he
achieved more success by founding x.com
in 1999 SpaceX in 2002 and tesla motors
in 2003 must made headlines in May 2012
when SpaceX launch the rocket that would
send the first commercial vehicle to the
international space station early life
son of a Canadian mother and a South
African father-in-law and Reeve must was
born on jun 28 1971 and Pretoria South
Africa he spent his early childhood with
his brother Kimball and sister tosca and
South Africa and at ten the introverted
Ilan developed an interest in computers
during this time his parents divorced he
taught himself how to program and when
he was 12 he made his first software
sale of a game he created called
blastaar at age 17 in 1989 he moved to
Canada to attend clean the University
and avoid mandatory service in the South
African military but he left in 1992 to
study business and physics at the
University of Pennsylvania he graduated
with an undergraduate degree in
economics and state for a second
bachelor's degree in physics after
leaving penn allowing musk headed to
Stanford University in California to
pursue a PhD and energy physics
however his move was timed perfectly
with the Internet boom and he dropped
out of Stanford after just two days to
become a part of it
launching his first company to
corporation and online city guide have
to assume providing content for the new
websites of both the New York Times and
the Chicago Tribune and in 1999 a
division of compaq computer corporation
bought zip to
for 307 million dollars in cash and 34
million dollars in stock options and
Ernest entrepreneur also in 1999 must
co-founded x.com and online financial
services payments company in x.com
acquisition the following year led to
the creation of paypal as it is known
today and in october two thousand to
paypal was acquired by ebay for 1.5
billion dollars in stock before the sale
must own the eleven percent of paypal
stock never one to rest on his laurels
must founded his third company Space
Exploration Technologies Corporation for
SpaceX in 2002 with the intention of
building spacecraft for commercial space
travel by 2008 SpaceX was well
established and nasa awarded the company
the contract to handle cargo transport
for the International Space Station with
plans for astronaut transport in the
future in a move to replace NASA's own
space shuttle missions the boundless
potential of space exploration and the
preservation of the future of the human
race has become the cornerstones of
mosques abiding interest and pour these
he has founded the musk Foundation which
is dedicated to space exploration and
the discovery of renewable and clean
energy sources Tesla Motors another must
venture is Tesla Motors a company
dedicated to producing affordable
mass-market electric cars five years
after its formation the company in 2008
unveiled the Roadster a sports car
capable of accelerating from 0 to 60
miles per hour and 3.7 seconds as well
traveling nearly 250 miles between
charges of its lithium-ion battery with
a stake in the company taken by daler
and a strategic partnership with Toyota
Tesla Motors launched its initial public
offering in jun 2010 raising 226 million
dollars additional successes include the
model s the company's first electric
sedan capable of covering 265 miles
between charges the model s was honored
the 2013 car of the year by motor trend
magazine preparing for liftoff on mate
22nd 2012 musk and SpaceX made history
when the company launched its falken 9
rocket into space with an unmanned
castle
the vehicle was sent to the
international space station with 1,000
pounds of supplies for the astronauts
station they're marking the first time a
private company had sent a spacecraft to
the international space station of the
launch musk was quoted as saying I feel
very lucky for us it's like winning the
Super Bowl in December 2013 SpaceX
notched another milestone one falken
nine carry the satellite to
geosynchronous transfer orbit a distance
at which the satellite would lock into
an orbital path that match the Earth's
rotation in February 2015 SpaceX
launched another falken nine fitted with
the deep-space climate Observatory
discover satellite aiming to observe the
extreme emissions from the Sun that
affect power grid and communications
systems on earth Hyperloop musk has
continued his work and attempting to
make his innovative ideas a reality in
august 2013 he released a concept for a
new form of transportation called the
Hyperloop invention that would foster
commuting between major cities while
severely cutting travel time
ideally resistant to weathering powered
by renewable energy the Hyperloop would
propel riders and pots through a network
of low pressure tubes at speeds reaching
more than 700 miles-per-hour must be
noted that the Hyperloop could take from
seven to ten years to be built and ready
for use
although he introduced the Hyperloop
with claims that it would be safer than
a plane or train with an estimated cost
of six billion dollars approximately
one-tenth of the cost of the rail system
planned by the state of California must
concept has drawn skepticism
nevertheless the entrepreneur has sought
to encourage the development of this
idea in jun 2015 he announced a
competition for teams to submit their
designs for a Hyperloop pod prototype
its participants getting the chance to
test their creations on the track at the
SpaceX facility in June 2016 SolarCity
acquisition in August 2016 in mus
continuing effort to promote and advance
sustainable energy and products for a
wider consumer base a 2.6 billion
dollars dollar deal with solidified to
combine his electric car and solar
energy company his Tesla Motors
incorporated announced an all-stock do
purchase of SolarCity corporation a
company must have helped his cousin
start in 2006 he is a majority
shareholder in each entity solar and
storage are at their best when they're
combined as one company Tesla storage
and SolarCity solar can create fully
integrated residential commercial and
grid-scale products that improve the way
that energy is generated stored and
consumed read a statement on Tesla's
website about the deal
personal life must have been married
twice and has five sons he married
Justine wilson in two thousand in 2002
their first son died at 10 weeks old
from sudden infant death syndrome SIDS
they would have five additional sons
together twins and triplets after their
contentious divorce must met actress
tell you the riley and a married in 2010
the couple split in two thousand twelve
but married each other again in 2013
their relationship ultimately ended in
divorce in 2016