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Biography Elon Musk
Explorer, engineer and inventor. -
Birth
Elon Reeve Musk was born on the 28th of June in the year 1972 in Pretoria, South Africa -
First business
When he was 12 years old, he sold, for $ 500 USD, the source code for a video game called Blastar, in the style of Space Invaders, which he had created himself. -
Change of address
Elon Musk moved to Canada to attend Queen's University and avoid compulsory service in the South African army. -
First university studies
He left Queen's to study business and physics at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with a degree in economics and obtained a second degree in physics. -
ZIP2 FOUNDATION
In 1995 he left the doctorate in Applied Physics and Materials Science to found with his brother Zip2, a company that gave web services to media companies. In 1999 they sold it to AltaVista, a subsidiary of Compaq, for more than 300 million dollars. -
X.COM FOUNDATION
In March 1999, Musk co-founded X.com, a financial services and payments company via email. It achieved a high level of security without it being complicated for the user to make the transfer. -
First Marriage
I have married Justine Wilson and they had 5 children -
PAYPAL
In 2000 X.com merged with Confinity, a company that allowed money transfers between infrared devices and verification through a web. The new company initially adopted the name of X.com as its corporate name, but in February 2001, X.com changed its legal name to PayPal Inc.
In October 2002, eBay acquired PayPal for 1.5 billion USD in shares.
With the sale Elon Musk won 150 million USD in eBay shares. -
SPACEX FOUNDATION
In June 2002, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies, of which he is currently the executive and technology director. SpaceX is dedicated to developing and producing space shuttles, with an emphasis on cost reduction and high reliability. The first two transport rockets developed by SpaceX are Falcon 1 and Falcon 9, and its first spacecraft is the Dragon. -
TESLA MOTORS FOUNDATION
The business objective of Tesla Motors is to see and create awareness of renewable energy and not be enriched as a company but to motivate the world to a new field for the desire of knowledge. From the institute one of the objectives of Elon Musk was to market electric cars to the mass market starting with a high-performance sports car aimed at those who first adopt the technologies and then move to the general market including more affordable saloons. -
SolarCity
It is a company of photovoltaic products and services founded in 2006, where its cousin, Lyndon Rive, is the CEO and co-founder and Musk is the main investor and chairman of the board of directors. In 2011, SolarCity was the largest supplier of solar energy systems in the USA. Its objective is to extend solar energy and make it as affordable as possible.
The underlying motivation for the foundation of SolarCity is to combat global warming. -
Tesla Roadster
Tesla Motors introduced the Roadster, a sports car capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds, and also traveling about 250 miles between the charges of its lithium-ion battery -
Marriage with Riley
After a controversial divorce, Musk met the actress Talulah Riley and the couple got married. -
Heinlein Award for Advances in Space Marketing.
In June 2011, Musk received the Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Marketing that is given to people who make practical contributions to space marketing. -
Divorce
Musk and Talulah Riley separate. -
Falcon 9
Musk and SpaceX made history when the company launched its Falcon 9 rocket into space with an unmanned capsule. -
Model S
The Model S, the company's first electric sedan. Capable of covering 265 miles between charges, the Model S was recognized as the 2013 Car of the Year by Motor Trend magazine. -
Musk and Riley again
Musk and Talulah Riley married again -
Satellite
a Falcon 9 successfully brought a satellite into the geosynchronous transfer orbit, a distance at which the satellite would be blocked in an orbital path that coincided with the rotation of the Earth. -
Powerwall and Powerpack
In 2015 Tesla introduced 2 energy storage systems: Powerwall and Powerpack. Powerwall is a lithium-ion battery pack used as a backup in a home's electrical network and can store electricity from renewable energy generation, or store electricity at night when electricity is cheaper. It can be installed outdoors or indoors, it also allows electrical installation in remote places without access to the network. -
Hyperloop
He is currently thinking about a future mobility project, for now conceptual, the Hyperloop. It is a new system of collective transport through tubes that Musk himself defines as the fifth system, alternative to the boat, train, car and plane. The idea is to be able to travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than 30 minutes. -
Internet Service
SpaceX received permission from the US government. UU To launch a fleet of satellites in low orbit to provide Internet service. -
Tesla Semitruck
Musk made another outbreak with the presentation of the new Tesla Semi and Roadster in the company's design studio. The semi truck, which goes into production in 2019, has 500 miles of range, as well as a battery and engines built to last 1 million miles. -
Future plans
He has been working in his companies.
He has been developing new tech for get his most important objective, this is making a colony in mars.
If we analyze their companies, they all have a common goal, and that is to develop the necessary technology so that the human race can be an interplanetary society.
