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Name Elon Musk |
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๐ฅ Fighting style |
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Born June 28, 1971 (age 53) |
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Education Uni. of Pennsylvania (BA, BS) |
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Source Tesla, SpaceX |
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Industry Technology |
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Companies / Projects - Zip2
- X.com (PayPal)
- SpaceX (Starlink)
- Tesla, Inc.
- OpenAI
- Neuralink
- The Boring Company
- Thud
- X Corp (Twitter)
- xAI
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Musk, who says he's worried about population collapse, has nine children with three women, including triplets and two sets of twins. As a kid in South Africa, Musk taught himself to code; he sold his first game, Blastar, for about $500.
Elon Musk cofounded six companies, including electric car maker Tesla, rocket producer SpaceX and tunneling startup Boring Company. He owns about 23% of Tesla between stock and options, but has pledged more than half his shares as collateral for loans. SpaceX, founded in 2002, is worth $127 billion after a funding round in May 2022; it quadrupled its value in three years. Boring Company, which aims to defeat traffic, raised $675 million in April 2022 at a $5.7 billion valuation. Twitter's board agreed to sell the company to Musk for $44 billion in April 2022, after he disclosed a 9.1% stake and threatened a hostile takeover. The deal closed in October 2022 after Musk tried to back out and Twitter sued. Musk now owns an estimated 74% of the company.