I like to be involved in things that change the

world. The internet did, and space will

probably be more responsible for changing
the world than anything else
Elon Musk

Life
Born in Pretoria(South Africa) 28/06/1971
Bachelor in Physics at University of
Pennsylvania
In 1988 he moved to Canada and then to USA
Bachelor in Economics at Wharton School
Phd in Applied Phisics at Stanford University
left after two days to begin his entrepreneurial
adveture.

 In 1995 he started zip2 a web software company

providing business directories and maps to media
companies and local e-commerce merchants.
In 1999 zip2 is sold to Compact for $307 milion in
cash and $34 in stock options.
Musk own the 7 % he received $22 milion

 March 1999 he co-found X.com online financial

service
2000 X.com merge with Confinity, that have a
subsidiary Paypal.
Musk decide again the will of the CEO of Confinity, to
concentrate all company resources on the Paypal
money service.
In 2002 acquired by Google by $1.5 billion
About $160 milion given only to Musk

Space Exploration Technologies

Founded in March 2002
Musk is the CEO and CTO
SpaceX was awarded a $1.6-$3.1 billion NASA
contract on December 2008, for 12 flights of
its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to
the International Space Station

Company co-founded by Musk in 2004

Now he is the CEO
Sold electric car and electric power-train
He is reported to have a 32% stake in Tesla,
which is valued at $18 billion.
His annual salary at Tesla is one dollar

 Founded in 2006 by brothers Peter

and Lyndon Rive
Musk help with foundraise and now is the
chairman
The company designs, finances and
installs solar energy systems and performs
energy efficiency audits
The company has installed 4,300 MW of solar
panel in 2013

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