-
Born in South Africa
Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. His father was an engineer. -
First son born
Nevada Alexandar, his first son was born. -
Period: to
Blastar Video Game Creation
At the age of 10, he created and wrote a video game called Blastar which is a 3D shooting game in outer space. He then sold it for around $500. -
Period: to
Education
After graduating from Pretoria Boys High School with distinctions in science and computer studies in 1988, in 1989-1991 he went to college at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Then later transfered to the University of Pennsylvania; and got a BS in Economics (Wharton) and a BA with a major in physics! -
Moves to California
After moving to Silicon Valley, he defered a graduate program in applied physics and materials science at Stanford University. -
Zip3 to Campaq
He sold Zip2 to Compaq, the personal computer company, for $307 million, and then $22 million went to Musk. He then formed X.com, which in 2000 morphs into PayPal -
Becomes an American citizen
He is an American citizen and also a Canadian citizen. -
Founds SpaceX9
This is the third company he founded, building safe spacecraft for travel. The possibility of space travel by founding the Musk Foundation, that is made special to the space exploration and the discovery of renewable and clean energy sources. -
eBay acquires PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock
eBay acquires PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock. $165 million goes to Musk -
Son dies suddenly
His son suddenly died from sudden infant death syndrome 10 weeks after being born. -
$250 million
Gets $250 million from Paypal sale and begins thinking about electric cars. -
Invests in Tesla Motors
He first invested in Tesla Motors in 2004. This is a program dedicated to producing affordable, mass-market electric cars. -
Twin sons are born
-
Triplet sons are born
-
$1.6 billion contract
SpaceX won a $1.6 billion contract to bring cargo to the International Space Station. -
Becomes Tesla’s CEO
He was the CEO of Tesla Motors. -
Tesla IPO
He then became pushed from CEO to CTO by his investors. -
SpaceX delivers load of supplies
SpaceX becomes the first commercial vehicle that delivered a load of supplies to the International Space Station! -
Tesla begins deliveries of the all-electric Model S
Tesla begins deliveries of the all-electric Model S! -
Released sketch and concept of the Hyperloop
In August 2013, he released sketches and concepts of the Hyperloop.