1. He almost sold Tesla to Google
At a critical time in Tesla's set of experiences, Musk connected with Google President Larry Page about purchasing the weak vehicle organization, as per Ashlee Vance's book "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Journey for a Fabulous Future."
The two purportedly at first concurred in 2013 to a deal cost of $6 billion, yet it never became.
2. He dropped out of Stanford
Musk endured two days at Stanford prior to exiting school. He was there at first to seek after a doctorate in physical science.
All things being equal, he passed on the school to fire up his most memorable organization, Zip2, which he sold four years after the fact for more than $300 million.
3. He owns a James Bond car
In 2013, Musk purchased a Lotus Esprit for nearly $1 million. Why to such an extent? Since it was a 1976 rendition that had been repaired to turn into a submerged vehicle for James Bond in the film "The Government operative Who Cherished Me."
Musk later conceded that he involved the vehicle for motivation while planning his Tesla Cybertruck.
4. He has lots of kids
Musk has seven youngsters — five with his ex, Justine, and two with the performer Grimes. He likewise had a child, Nevada, who passed on from SIDS in 2002.
In a meeting with "The Money Road Diary" in 2021, he said civilization will disintegrate in the event that individuals don't have more kids. "I'm attempting to set a genuine model. No doubt. Got to try to do I say others should do," he said.
5. He’s made cameos in movies and TV
Indeed, Musk has an IMDb page. His most memorable appearance was in the 2010 film "Iron Man 2" and he played himself on television's "The Theory of prehistoric cosmic detonation."
Furthermore, on the off chance that surprisingly realistic isn't your thing, Musk has likewise turned into an animation form of himself in "The Simpsons," "South Park," and "Rick and Morty."
6. He provided inspiration for Tony Stark
At the point when Robert Downey Jr. was getting ready for his job as Tony Distinct in "Iron Man," he went to Musk for some motivation.
The two men met, and Musk assisted Downey with adding a few peculiarities to his form of Obvious that made the motion pictures extra invigorating.
7. He’s from South Africa
Musk was brought into the world in South Africa and lived there until he was 17. His family then, at that point, moved to Canada, and he began his university vocation at Sovereign's College in Kingston, Ontario.
8. He used to work at PayPal
Musk helped to establish X.com, an internet based bank that converged with one more organization to frame PayPal. The online business organization eBay purchased PayPal in 2002 for $1.5 billion. Musk, who was perhaps of PayPal's biggest investor, made something like $175 million on the arrangement.
9. He’s the richest person in the world
Musk's endeavors have made him, incredibly, rich. He as of now sits on the rundown of the most extravagant individuals on the planet, with an expected abundance of more than $200 billion. Indeed, a billion.
His assessed worth has vacillated as of late because of changes in the financial exchange, as a portion of his abundance is restricted in portions of Tesla.
10. He wasn’t the founder of Tesla
Musk's best endeavor might be Tesla, yet the organization wasn't his thought. Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning established the organization in 2003 and brought Musk and his cash onboard a year after the fact.
Musk put $6.35 million in Tesla's most memorable round of adventure subsidizing in 2004. He's presently Chief of the organization.
11. He used his PayPal money to create SpaceX
Musk made SpaceX in 2002 and the aviation organization presently dispatches space apparatus to the Global Space Station with the two supplies and space explorers.
Musk had the option to begin the organization with $100 million he procured when eBay obtained PayPal.
12. He inspired the creation of a solar-energy company
SolarCity was established in 2006 by two of Musk's cousins, Peter and Lyndon Rive, and Musk put $10 million into the organization from the beginning. He likewise held a seat on the organization's board.
Tesla ultimately procured the sun oriented organization in 2016 for $2.6 billion and rebranded it as Tesla Energy.
13. He named his son after a comic book character
Musk's child Xavier has a unique motivation for his name: Comic book character Teacher Xavier of Wonder's X-Men. "One of my children is named Xavier, after Teacher X!" he affirmed in a 2017 tweet.
14. He has Asperger’s syndrome
The tech mogul has been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, a milder form of autism with characteristics such as a detailed focus on topics of interest and difficulty with social interactions.
In 2022, he described growing up with the syndrome: “I think everyone's experience is going to be somewhat different, but I guess for me, the social cues were not intuitive. I was just very bookish and I didn't understand these.”
15. His mom is a model
Maye Musk is as of now a model and has the differentiation of being the most seasoned "Sports Outlined" bathing suit cover model. She was 74 years of age when she made the current year's cover.
She's likewise a model for the Covergirl cosmetics brand.
16. He’s been tweeting for a while
Musk has been in the news of late for attempting to purchase Twitter, however the person to person communication site is definitely not a new interest of his.
He really joined Twitter in June 2009, and there have been large numbers of Musk's scandalous tweets to survey in the years since.
17. He founded The Boring Company
No, The Exhausting Organization isn't some dull endeavor. As a matter of fact, an organization's finding an approach to exhaust burrows underground that can ship individuals and products more rapidly than surface streets with traffic.
18. His does not take a salary at Tesla
Musk's abundance depends on stocks and his responsibility for. Yet, what amount does he really make as Chief of Tesla? As indicated by an organization proclamation, he takes no compensation.
19. His Tesla is in space
In 2018, SpaceX sent off one of its Bird of prey Weighty rockets into space with an exceptionally surprising freight: a Tesla Roadster. The vehicle was bought by Musk and is at present actually drifting in space.
20. He created a video game
At the point; when Musk was 12 years of age, he made the computer game Blaster. He wound up offering it to a PC magazine in 1984 for $500.
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