elon musk biography in english
billionaires play a significant role in
shaping the economy of the world
they invest in high yielding businesses
and stocks
however pandemics and Wars deeply affect
the world's economy leaving some impact
on these Giants too
for example the net worth of Elon Musk
Tesla CEO increased in 2021 due to the
rise in the share price of Tesla
on the other hand meta platform
Incorporated founder Mark Zuckerberg saw
a downfall in his net worth
every year Forbes releases a list of the
wealthiest people on earth
so do you wonder who the top 10 richest
people in the world are
to know this let us get started
who is Elon Musk
the tech giant Elon Musk is the richest
man in the world having a net worth of
219 billion dollars according to a
report published by Forbes
in January 2021 Elon Musk excelled Jeff
Bezos and earned the first spot on the
list of the wealthiest men in the world
early life
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Elon Musk was born on June 28 1971 in
Pretoria South Africa
his father Errol musk was a wealthy
South African engineer while his mother
may musk was a Canadian supermodel
she was the oldest woman to star in a
Covergirl campaign
his siblings are Kimball musk's and
Tosca musks
at the age of 10 he had a great interest
in computers
it was the year when his parents got
divorced
at the young age of 12 he designed the
video game Blaster and sold it to a
computer magazine
surprising fact
the ultra talented Elon Musk has
Asperger's Syndrome which is a form of
autism spectrum disorder
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education
in his school days he was an introverted
and bookish child
his classmates bullied him until he was
15 which got him to learn wrestling and
karate to defend himself
in 1989 when he was 17 he left South
Africa to study at Queen's University
Canada
the same year he got Canadian
citizenship
in 1992 he transferred to Pennsylvania
to study Physics and business
it was physics that captured his
interest in the years to come
so he graduated in economics and pursued
a second Bachelor's in physics
after this he moved to Stanford
University California to study for a PhD
in energy physics which he left just
after two days
in 1995 Elon formed his first company
zip2 Corporation
Elon Musk got U.S citizenship in 1992.
his dream place
marital life
Elon Musk got married twice
he married Justin Wilson in 2000.
with her he has five Sons Twins and
triplets Thrice
he married actress Tallulah Riley and
ended their relationship twice
with Canadian singer Grimes he has a son
2020 and a daughter 2022.
notable achievements
number one XCOM and PayPal
with just fifteen thousand dollars Elon
launched zip two with his brother
Kimball
zip2 helped newspapers like the New York
Times and Chicago Tribune to create an
online city guide
in 1999 compact computers bought zip2 in
cash for 307 million dollars while 34
million dollars was in stock options
musk used the sale money to createx.com
a financial services company
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x.com was merged with confinity Inc
which is an online Money Transfer
Company
later it became what it is called today
PayPal
Elon Musk earned his first billion when
PayPal was bought by eBay for 1.5
billion dollars
number two SpaceX
in 2002 musk founded SpaceX space
exploration Technologies Corporation
he invented spacecraft for commercial
space travel
he had the intention of creating
affordable Rockets the Rockets he
launched were
the Rockets he launched were
Falcon 1 launched in 2006.
Falcon 9 launched in 2010
Falcon heavy launched in 2018 carried
116 000 pounds 53 000 kilograms to orbit
the dragon spacecraft had even carried
astronauts to the International Space
Station in 2020
. in 2008 under a contract with NASA
SpaceX transported cargo to the
International Space Station
number three Falcon 9 Rockets
in 2010 Elon Musk launched Falcon 9
carrying 1 000 pounds of supplies to the
ISS
he was delighted at this achievement
saying
I feel very lucky
for us it's like winning the Super Bowl
in February 2015 he sent a satellite to
observe the sun's emissions which affect
power grids and communication systems on
Earth
in November 2017 the block 5 Merlin
engine exploded but later in July 2018
the launch went successful
number four Tesla Motors
became the co-founder CEO and architect
of an electric car company called Tesla
Tesla produced electric cars batteries
and solar roofs
he formed a sports car A Roadster that
is capable of accelerating at zero to 60
miles per hour in 3.7 seconds
Tesla introduced the model S in 2012 and
was honored as the car of the year 2013
by Motor Trend Magazine
in 2017 the model 3 was an affordable
less expensive car but was regarded as
the best-selling electric car of all
time
number five Twitter
in April 2022 musk the world's richest
man made a huge deal of 44 billion
dollars to buy Twitter
after that he changed his tone and
indicated he was backing out of the deal
he claimed that Twitter had not provided
the necessary data to calculate the
number of accounts thus providing
inaccurate information on the presence
of Bot accounts
Twitter has sued for legal action
against Elon
number six the boring company
in January 2017 musk launched the boring
company to bore and build tunnels to
reduce road traffic
number seven neurolink Nai
musk became the co-chairman of
non-profit open AI to benefit Humanity
with artificial intelligence
in 2017 he launched an unbelievable
Venture near a link with the mission to
implant ships into the human brain and
connect them with the software
the bottom line
Elon musk's passion for technology as a
child set the stage for him to strive
for human progress
his inventions from the Earth to space
represent actual technological
advancement
although there were certain risks his
dedication to SpaceX Solar City Tesla
Motors and neurolink allowed him to earn
what many of us can only imagine
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