Elon Musk (2024)

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What ethnicity is Elon Musk? ›

Childhood and family. Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital. He is of British and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. His mother, Maye (née Haldeman), is a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in South Africa.

In 1995, using $28,000 borrowed from his father, Musk and his brother created their first company, Zip2, an online city guide licensed to newspapers. When the company was sold to Compaq for $341 million in cash and stock in 1999, Musk's share was approximately $22 million.

Musk owns a few Teslas such as the most controversial Cyber Truck, the Model Y, which he uses as a family vehicle, and a Tesla Model S Performance, a game changer in the electric car industry. The Tesla Model S Performance can accelerate from 0 to 100kmph in 2.5 seconds while carrying five occupants in luxury.

Touted as one of Elon Musk's first Internet inventions, Zip2, was a technology company that offered city guides software. Elon Musk invented it for the newspaper industry as it helped created a searchable database.

How many children does Elon Musk have? Elon Musk has a total of 12 children, three with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, six with Canadian author Justine Wilson, and the other three with Grimes.

Elon Musk

At 27, Musk dropped out of Stanford to enter the dot-com boom. Four years later he became a millionaire at the age of 41, when he debuted on Forbes' list of the world's billionaires in 2012.

Born and raised in South Africa, Musk spent time in Canada before moving to the United States. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania in physics and business, Musk started getting his feet wet as a serial tech entrepreneur with early successes like Zip2 and X.com, which merged with a company that became PayPal.

Around 75% of Musk's wealth was derived from Tesla stock in November 2020, a proportion that fell to about 37% as of December 2022, after selling nearly $40 billion in company shares since late 2021.

Like all billionaires, Elon Musk has a personal life, with everyday personal expenses. To handle that, he has credit cards and debit cards on bank accounts. He can also write checks against his bank accounts.

What car does Mark Zuckerberg drive? ›

Despite his $176.7 billion net worth, Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder of Facebook, is known for owning relatively inexpensive cars, with the exception of a Pagani Huayra supercar. The tech mogul is frequently seen cruising in a black Acura TSX, a compact car valued at around $30,000, according to CNBC.

Elon Musk's fleet of four private jets is growing thanks to the addition of the Gulfstream G700. To date, Musk's most used private jet is the popular Gulfstream G650ER, whose extended range of 7,500 NM allows it to reach virtually the whole world from Musk's most used airports in California.

Elon Musk's IQ puts him in the Highly Gifted category. IQ tests provide insight into an individual's cognitive ability. As mentioned earlier, Elon Musk's IQ score is believed to be between 155 and 160. Above-average IQ scores within this range are only reserved for the "Highly Gifted" IQ classification.

Musk has never been to space, but he seems curiously unbounded by the laws of gravity.

The world has been enthralled by his incredible journey from a teenage South African entrepreneur to the CEO of several innovative firms, such as SpaceX and Tesla. Musk's ascent to fame is evidence of his unwavering resolve, imaginative thinking, and unrelenting drive.