Who is Elon Musk?
Elon Musk, who was born June 28, 1971 in South Africa is the South African-American entrepreneur who helped make PayPal the electronic money company and also formed SpaceX, where they make and test space technology. All of that as well the maker of electric car manufacturer Tesla.
Elon Musk had a South African father and a Canadian mother. He always showed an interest in computing. At 12 he made a video game and gave it to a magazine for some money. In 1988 when he was 16, he finally got a passport for Canada. Elon departed from South Africa and left for Canada.
Elon moved to America and went to Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. In 1992 he switched to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he worked hard to gain his bachelor’s degrees in physics and economics. In 1998 he decided to take his talents to Stanford University in California, but he made his departure after two single days because he had decided the internet had a lot more potential as a career so he went to work in physics. That same year he made the company Zip2, which provided maps and business for online newspapers. In 1992 the company was bought for $302 Million.
Elon had always been interested in physics and electric cars, so in 2004 he decided to become one of the major founders of Tesla Motors, which was a company of electric csrs founded by two young entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. In 2006 Tesla released to the world its very own first car, named the Roadster, which could travel 394 km if you charged it once. This was an amazing feat but Musk thought it was uninteresting and could be done better, he then worked with a small team and made a car which he showed to the current founders of Tesla Motors. It was an electric sports car that could accelerate from 0 to 90 km per hour in less than four seconds. I
Elon soon after released some more cars with the same team and was given a job in the top office. He renamed Tesla Motors, Tesla and then went on to go on and help make SpaceX and PayPal.
Elon now lives with his partner and children in America.
Elon Musk, who was born June 28, 1971 in South Africa is the South African-American entrepreneur who helped make PayPal the electronic money company and also formed SpaceX, where they make and test space technology. All of that as well the maker of electric car manufacturer Tesla.
Elon Musk had a South African father and a Canadian mother. He always showed an interest in computing. At 12 he made a video game and gave it to a magazine for some money. In 1988 when he was 16, he finally got a passport for Canada. Elon departed from South Africa and left for Canada.
Elon moved to America and went to Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. In 1992 he switched to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he worked hard to gain his bachelor’s degrees in physics and economics. In 1998 he decided to take his talents to Stanford University in California, but he made his departure after two single days because he had decided the internet had a lot more potential as a career so he went to work in physics. That same year he made the company Zip2, which provided maps and business for online newspapers. In 1992 the company was bought for $302 Million.
Elon had always been interested in physics and electric cars, so in 2004 he decided to become one of the major founders of Tesla Motors, which was a company of electric csrs founded by two young entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. In 2006 Tesla released to the world its very own first car, named the Roadster, which could travel 394 km if you charged it once. This was an amazing feat but Musk thought it was uninteresting and could be done better, he then worked with a small team and made a car which he showed to the current founders of Tesla Motors. It was an electric sports car that could accelerate from 0 to 90 km per hour in less than four seconds. I
Elon soon after released some more cars with the same team and was given a job in the top office. He renamed Tesla Motors, Tesla and then went on to go on and help make SpaceX and PayPal.
Elon now lives with his partner and children in America.
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