Early Life
- June 28, 1971: Elon Reeve Musk is born in Pretoria, South Africa.
Education and Early Career
- 1983: Creates his first video game, Blastar.
- 1992: Moves to Canada to attend Queen's University.
- 1995: Drops out of Stanford University to pursue entrepreneurial ventures.
- 1995: Co-founds Zip2, an online business directory.
- 1999: Sells Zip2 to Compaq for $307 million.
PayPal and SpaceX
- 1999: Found X.com, an online payment company.
- 2000: X.com merges with Confinity to form PayPal.
- 2002: Sells PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion in stock.
- 2002: Found SpaceX with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling human colonization of Mars.
Tesla and Other Ventures
- 2004: Invests in Tesla Motors and becomes chairman of the board.
-2008: Tesla introduces the Roadster, the first electric sports car.
- 2015: SpaceX lands the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket back on Earth.
- 2016: Found Neuralink and The Boring Company.
- 2020: SpaceX launches astronauts into orbit for the first time.
- 2022: Acquires Twitter and renames it X.
Personal Life
- 2000: Marries Justine Wilson; they have six children together.
-2008: Divorces Justine Wilson.
- 2010: Marries actress Talulah Riley; they later divorce.
- 2018: Starts dating musician Grimes; they have three children together.
Elon Musk's journey is filled with innovation and ambition, making him one of the most influential figures in technology and space exploration today.
