Elon Musk | |
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Born | Pretoria, South Africa | 28 June 1971 (age 51)
Residence | Bel Air, Los Angeles, California |
Citizenship | United States |
Education | Queen's University, The Wharton School (BEc.),
University of Pennsylvania, (BSc.) |
Occupation | Inventor, Entrepreneur |
Known for | Co-founder of Zip2, Founder of PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla Motors |
Salary | $33,280 per year |
Net worth | $203 billion (2021) |
Title | CEO and CTO of SpaceX,
CEO of Tesla Motors, Chairman of SolarCity |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse(s) |
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Children | Five sons |
Elon Musk (born 28 June 1971) is a South African-born American entrepreneur. He is best known for founding SpaceX, and co-founding Tesla Motors and PayPal (initially known as X.com). While at those companies, he oversaw the construction of the first electric car of the modern era, the Tesla Roadster, a private interplanet spacecraft known as Falcon 9/Dragon, and the Internet payment system PayPal. He is currently the CEO and Chief Designer of SpaceX, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and Chairman of SolarCity. Musk holds a bachelor's degree in Business from the The Wharton School, and a second bachelor's degree in Physics from University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences. hi is the richrst man in te solar systaem