Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. The tech CEO began his journey when he moved to Canada to avoid getting drafted into the military. In 1989, Musk obtained a Canadian passport and migrated to Saskatchewan, Canada, where he continued his studies.
Musk first studied at Queen's University before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Physics.
Elon Musk: A Look at His Works and Contributions
Later on, Musk and his brother, Kimbal Musk, later co-founded "Zip2," which was acquired by Compaq in 1999. According to Britannica, Musk formed the famous company "X.com" later, which is now the global payment service known as PayPal.
Musk has been a known business magnate since his early days, and he went on to create more companies from his earnings and acquired assets through his sale of companies.
SpaceX came to fruition last 2002 when Musk formed the company to make rockets and other forms of spacecraft for its use on multi-planetary ventures and missions. The company's first rocket, the Falcon 1, was first launched in 2006, with its famous successor, the Falcon 9, brought the world many missions and launches since 2010.
However, it is not only with SpaceX that Musk first came to shine and contribute to the world. The famous CEO also created Tesla in 2004, aiming to bring electric vehicles to the world. It aims to introduce clean energy vehicles, among its other ventures, with the Tesla Roadster introducing the first EV of the company in 2006.
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Currently, Tesla and SpaceX are only two of the many companies that Musk owns, and it only shows that he is a stronghold in the tech industry as one of its renowned engineers and entrepreneurs.
Other companies include the Starlink service, which features a satellite internet connection available worldwide, even in far-flung areas that have no chance of connecting to terrestrial lines. Another is The Boring Company, which digs tunnels in busy areas to alleviate traffic and provide clean energy transportation that would run in Tesla Model EVs.
Lastly, there is Neuralink, a biotechnology company that ventures into health and neural implants that aims to bring technology and humans together for a better function. The company is currently on its way to human testing, and while it seeks to help the paralyzed move again, it also promises significant improvements for using more of a person's neural function.
Elon Musk is not getting any younger, but the legacy that he brought to the world brings progress to society, and he achieved all this in his 51 years on the planet. Now, the CEO is still looking forward, and Mars may be his next destination to call home and retire to when the time comes.
As he surpasses 100 million Twitter followers and celebrates his 51st birthday today (June 28), Elon Musk has been uncharacteristically quiet on social media.
The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is well known for his daily presence on Twitter, often posting memes or general observations that typically garner hundreds of thousands of likes.
Musk's tweets have even landed him in hot water in the past when he was forced to settle a securities charge by agreeing to step down as Tesla's chairman and agreeing to pay a $20 million penalty to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) because of a tweet about Tesla's share price that led to "significant market disruption." Additionally, the settlement required Tesla to pay an additional $20 million penalty to the SEC.
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