Elon Musk

About Elon Musk

PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and Neuralink were all founded by American engineers. With a net worth of $188 billion in January 2021, he was the richest person on the planet.

Elon Reeve Musk is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. With an estimated net worth of around US$274 billion as of December 2021, Musk is the wealthiest person in the world. Musk was born to a Canadian mother and South African father, and raised in Pretoria, South Africa. He briefly attended the University of Pretoria before moving to Canada at age 17 to avoid conscription. He was enrolled at Queen's University and transferred to the University of Pennsylvania two years later, where he received a bachelor's degree in economics and physics, then moved to California in 1995 to attend Stanford University but decided instead to pursue a business career, co-founding the web software company Zip2 with his brother Kimbal. The startup was acquired by Compaq for $307 million in 1999.

Citizenship	South Africa (1971–present), Canada (1971–present), United States (2002–present)
Born	Elon Reeve Musk, June 28, 1971, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Parents	Errol Musk (father), Maye Musk (mother)
Relatives	Tosca Musk (sister), Kimbal Musk (brother), Lyndon Rive (cousin)
Children	7
Title	Founder, CEO and Chief Engineer of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc, Founder of The Boring Company and X.com (now part of PayPal), Co-founder of Neuralink, OpenAI, and Zip2
Partner(s)	Grimes (2018–2021)
Education	University of Pennsylvania (BS, BA)

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Trivia

He became a naturalized American citizen in 2002. 

Elon Musk before fame

He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School with degrees in economics and physics.

Achievement of Elon Musk

In 2002, he became a naturalized American citizen.

Salary 2020

$0

Net Worth 2020

$103 Billion

Elon Musk family life

Kimbal, his brother, and Tosca, his sister, were the CEOs of OneRiot and Musk Entertainment, respectively. He married Justine Musk in 2000, and the couple separated in 2008 after six boys. He married actress Talulah Riley twice, each time for a different reason. He dated actress Amber Heard for a short time in 2017. Then, in 2018, he started dating Grimes, a singer. In 2020, he and Grimes welcomed a son named X A-12.

Associations of Elon Musk

In the Iron Man film, he was the inspiration for director Jon Favreau's interpretation on legendary comic book character Tony Stark. On Joe Rogan's podcast, he made an appearance.

Elon Musk Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	in kg - N/A
Height	180 cm
Eye Color	Moss Green
Hair Color	Light Ash Blonde