Elon Musk By yeepotato27 Jun 28, 1971 Born, June 28 1971 1983 Released and sold video game Blastar for $500 1995 Founded online directory Zip2 1999 Founded X.com, online bank (Later renamed PayPal) 1999 Sells Zip2 for $307 million 2002 Sells PayPal, becomes billionaire at age 31 2002 Founded aerospace research company SpaceX 2003 Co-founded Tesla, electric car manufacturer 2008 Sends first private spacecraft into orbit 2012 Sends first private spacecraft to supply ISS 2013 Tesla releases Model S Later voted 2013 Car of the Year 2013 Founded sub-sonic railway system Hyperloop 2017 Founded Boring Company, tunnel boring company 2017 Tesla becomes most valuable US car company 2018 Falcon Heavy test launch success The launch sent Musk's 2008 Tesla Roadster into orbit