It is hard to find people in our country who would not know about the engineer, entrepreneur, inventor, investor and billionaire Elon Musk. His figure is considered outstanding not just for the United States of America but for the whole world. Elon Reeve Musk is the founder of SpaceX, PayPal, Neuralink and The Boring Company. He is also a CEO of Tesla Inc. The inventor was not born in Los Angeles but launched many of his projects in the metropolis. The website la-future.com will give you more information about the life and activities of the billionaire.
His childhood years and education
The future inventor grew up in Pretoria. His mother worked as a nutritionist and model, and his father ran an engineering business. Elon has been making money since a very early age. At the age of ten, when he bought his first computer, the future billionaire began studying programming on his own. Two years later, the boy sold his first game for $500.
At seventeen, Musk decided to go to Canada. Then he moved to the United States and entered the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in physics and economics.
Projects created by Musk
The developer resides in Los Angeles, where he works on major projects and establishes new companies.
The first company of Elon was a startup called Zip2, founded in 1995. This company developed software that allowed outlets to publish the site content. It means that besides reading news, readers could use additional paid services. Zip2 cooperated with such prestigious publications as The New York Times and Pulitzer Publishing. In four years, the company was sold for $304 million. Elon Musk, who had a 7% share, received $22 million.
Elon Musk is the founder and head of many companies. Here are the most famous of them:
- The SpaceX company was founded in 2002 and is engaged in developing ballistic missiles and spacecraft. Elon is still the head of the company and its chief engineer. Four years later, SpaceX’s first Falcon 1 launch vehicle was tested. Even though the first three flights were unsuccessful, no one was going to stop. As of September 2020, the company managed to carry out 93 space missions.
- Starlink. It is another interesting project that develops and launches a constellation of satellites. This project is known worldwide, as it provides people with high-speed Internet even if they are in the field. To get such Internet, one needs to buy a satellite antenna with a router.
- Tesla Motors. This company was established in 2003, but initially, Elon Musk was not its founder. Tesla Motors focuses on the creation of environmentally friendly electric cars. In 2008, Elon Musk became the company’s CEO. The company was not doing too well at first. However, over time, Tesla cars began to be in great demand among residents not only in the United States of America but also in other countries.
Personal life of a billionaire
As for Musk’s personal life, the man had more than one wife. The inventor first married in his student years in 2000. Elon and his first wife, Justine, lived together for 8 years. They have five children in common. The British actress Talulah Riley became his second partner. The couple married and divorced several times.
Musk also had an affair with Amber Heard, but they broke up as well.
In 2018, the developer met Canadian singer Grimes, with whom they had a son. In 2021, the couple split up. This year, the billionaire and Shivon Zilis gave birth to twins. Thus, Elon Musk is the father to nine children.
