Elon Musk is an innovator, scientist and a successful businessman who started three very major companies of today- Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX. Here are some electrifying (no pun intended!) facts about Elon Musk that will boggle your mind.
1.Elon Musk describes his estranged father Errol as “evil”
Elon Musk was very scared of his father Errol Musk. Elon always described him as evil to their home. Errol Musk was once tried and acquitted of voluntary manslaughter. He shot and killed three men and attempted to break into his home at Johannesburg. In 2017, Errol divorced his wife, who was not Elon’s mother or involved with them at the time, Heidi, and had a son with his stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout who is 40 years younger than him. Currently, Elon has no relationship or is not on speaking terms with his father. He is however very close and very fond of his mother who is a model .
2.Elon Musk had a peculiar childhood
During his childhood, Elon Musk would barely talk. His family believed his was deaf. At the age of 12 he taught himself computer coding and created a video game at the same age. He sold the game for 500$ to a computer and technology magazine. He was also the youngest and smallest kid in his class and was often bullied. He even ended up in the hospital after a group of boys pushed him down the stairs. He learned Karate and Judo for self defence.
3.Elon Musk is the oldest and smartest
Out of the three siblings including him, he is the oldest. His younger brother Kimbal Musk owns a Restaurant Group. His younger sister, Tosca Musk is a filmmaker.Elon is 6 feet 2 inches tall and has a stooping IQ of 155.
4.Tesla was supposed to be called Faraday
If Tesla could not secure the rights for the name, Musk would have called the company Faraday named after British scientist Michael Faraday.
5.Elon Musk is the real life Tony Stark aka Iron Man
Although Stan Lee based Tony Stark aka Iron Man’s character based off Howard Hughes, Robert Downey Junion actually took inspiration from Elon Musk. He would read his life ongoings and happenings to redisign his character like Elon Musk.
6.Elon Musk made appearances in multiple movies and Television shows
Elon Musk made guest appearances and voiced characters in movies and TV shows. He features in Iron Man 2, South Park, The Simpsons, The Big Bang Theory, Rick and Morty etc.
7.Elon Musk founded eight companies till date
Elon Musk is the founder of not two or three but a stooping 8 companies. Musk founded Zip2, SpaceX, Hyperloop, Tesla, OpenAI, PayPal, The Boring Company and Neuralink.
8.Elon Musk dropped out of two prestigious universities and escaped going to military school.
Elon Musk dropped out of both Queen’s University in Canada to study at UPenn. He also dropped out of Stanford’s graduate program after two days. He also avoided mandatory military service in South Africa by enrolling in University at Canada when he was 17.
9.Musk used to earn 1$ from Tesla.
When Tesla first began Elon would earn only 1$ a year. He would also survive on a dollar a day in college by eating only hotdogs and oranges. Today Tesla generates 39.5$ billion a year but for some reason, Elon always rejects his 56,000$ minimum salary every year.
10.Musk has 6 children, all are boys.
Elon Musk has six children.5 children with his first wife Justine Wilson and one son with his girlfriend Claire Elise Boucher, also popularly known as Grimes. His first son died when he was 10 weeks old due to a Sudden Infant Death Syndrome .
11.In 2018, Elon Musk sent a Tesla car into space.
To test out SpaceX Falcon rocket, Musk sent his own Tesla sportscar. Till date you can track the car. It is currently orbiting around the sun. You can tack the car on whereisroadster.com
12.Elon Musk’s company “The boring company” was developed during Los Angeles Traffic.
The company “The Boring Company” was developed from Elon getting stuck in trafficin Los Angeles. The Boring Company offers innovative and smart engineering and technology solutions to beat traffic.
13.SpaceX is a history making company.
SpaceX is the first aeronautical company that developed a fully functioning rocket, The Dragon with comparatively inexpensive and different materials than a regular spacecraft. SpaceX is also the first private corporation to build a spacecraft and rockets.
14.Elon Musk and America
Elon Musk did not become an American citizen until 2002, when he was 31 years old.
15.Forbes
Elon Musk is on Forbes top 10 for most powerful people in the world. He also beat Jeff Bezos by $11 billion to become the richest man in the world.
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