No one has ever heard of the name of Elon Musk, the richest man in the world. Musk, who owns successful companies like Space-X and Tesla, is now pushing to buy social media site Twitter. The journey of becoming the richest and most famous person for Musk, who was born in South Africa, has not been easy. Let's know a few special and fun things about Musk, which make him the most different.
Elon Musk was born in South Africa
In 1971, Musk was born in the house of Erol and Maye Musk, who live in Pretoria, South Africa, where he spent his childhood. At the age of 17, Musk moved to Canada and now has citizenship of three countries - South Africa, Canada and the United States. Elon Musk currently lives in Los Angeles, California. Let me tell you, musk's big companies also have headquarters in California and the US.
I made a video game at the age of 12
Elon Musk created a video game called 'Blaster' at the age of only 12. He himself wrote computer programming for science fiction-based games and this game was a space shooting title like Space Inveders. The game was later published on behalf of the South African company, which paid Musk $500 in exchange for the source code. This game was designed to be played on a PC.
Stanford University left in just two days.
Just like most big names, Elon Musk is also a college drop-out. After taking two bachelor's degrees at the University of Pennsylvania, Musk moved to California for further studies. Musk started studying physics at Stanford University in California, but in just two days he left the university. This he did to start his first company Zip2 Corporation, which gave him a strong start.
The first company Zip2 was launched in 1995.
Musk started his own company Zip2 Corporation in 1995. Its job was to make available searchable business directories and maps to newspapers. In simple language, this was the internet version of the yellow-page telephone directory. A few years later, in February 1999, Musk sold the company to Compaq for $307 million. Musk used the money he received after the deal to start the next companies.
PayPal changed Elon Musk's life
In 1999, Elon Musk started paypal (PayPal) or the first X.com, which changed his life. PayPal, one of the world's most used payment gateways, was later bought by eBay for $1.5 billion, of which 165 million were given to Daughter Musk as stocks. Musk laid the foundations of a total of eight companies, including Zip2, PayPal, Space-X, Tesla, Hyperloop, OppenAI, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.
Musk only takes an annual salary of one dollar
Musk receives only one dollar each year from Tesla as a salary. The bulk of their earnings come from their share in stocks. Elon Musk's company SpaceX, which started in 2002, has received a $1.6 billion contract from the US space agency NASA. Musk has reduced the cost of going to the space station by 90 percent with his Falcon rockets.
Elon Musk is creating the world of the future
Elon Musk is called the 'real-life Tony Stark' and with his companies he is preparing human civilization for the future. His Neuralink company is doing research on connecting the human mind to the computer. At the same time, Musk is creating a pod-based transport system with Hyperloop. His company Space-X is working to explore space-related possibilities and now Musk is going to buy Twitter to promote free-speech.
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