Who Is Elon Musk:
South African genius entrepreneur Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX story begins 50 years ago. He is an investor, engineer, and businessman. He was born on 28 June 1971. Elon Musk’s birthplace is Pretoria, South Africa. He read ISAAC ASIMOV books. Elon Musk sold the first game for $500 to the company PC and Office Technology.
Elon Musk Family:
His father’s name is Errol musk and he is an engineer and pilot, and his mother’s name is Maye Musk, she is a model or dietician. Elon Musk spent his childhood with his brother(Kimbal) and sister(Tosca) in South Africa.
Education:
At the age of 17, Elon Musk moved to Canada to start graduation from Queen’s University and avoid military training in South Africa. 2 years ago he left Canada, to study business and physics and joined Pennsylvania University. Musk received his Ph.D. in energy physics from Stanford University after leaving Pennsylvania.
Zip2 Corporation:
Within 2 days left of Stanford University, Elon and his brother Kimbal Launched a software company in 1995 called zip2. The company provided content for new websites The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. In 1999 Zip2 acquired by Compaq Computer Corporation for $307 million in stock options.
Elon Musk only 7 % share in this company after selling these company Elon musk only 22 $ Million
PayPal:
In 1999, they used money from the sale of Zip2 to start X.com, a financial services payments company. An x.com known as PayPal today. Musk earned his first billion through this transaction.
SpaceX:
Musk started third Company Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) within $100 Million. Goal of building spacecraft to fly commercially into space founded in 2002. In 2008 the company established itself and NASA’s contract to handle cargo transfer to the International Space Station company. On May 22, 2012, made history by launching its Falcon 9 rocket into space. In a first for private companies, the spacecraft loaded with 1,000 pounds of supplies and sent to the International Space Station. After the launch Musk shared a quote “I feel very lucky For us, it’s like winning the Super Bowl”.
Tesla Motors:
In 2003 Elon musk started a new company. Musk is a CEO or co-founder and product architect at Tesla Motors. Musk is responsible for all company product development and engineering.
SolarCity:
In 2006 Musk started SolarCity with his cousin and helped to open a company. As part of Musk’s efforts to promote and advance sustainable energy for a broad audience, he signed a $2.6 billion dollar deal to merge his electric car and solar energy businesses. In 2013, solar power system Solarcity was the second-highest company in the United States.
AI and Neuralink:
In 2015 he started an Artificial Intelligence company. 2016 Elon Musk is a part of a company that works with artificial intelligence and the human brain merge with software. On July 19, 2019, he presented updates on the company’s development, revealing that its devices will utilize a microscopic chip that connects to a smartphone via Bluetooth.