Elon Musk

Musk is born

Jun 18, 1971

Elon Musk is born to Errol Musk (father) and Maye Haldeman (mother) in Pretoria, South Africa (UXL Newsmakers).

Compaq buys Zip2

Feb 17, 1999

Musk's company Zip2 is bought by Compaq for $307 million in cash, one of the largest cash deals ever made (The New York Times).

X.com

Dec 1, 1999

Musk launches his online banking website called X.com (UXL Newsmakers).

X.com Buys PayPal

Mar 1, 2000

X.com purchases PayPal (UXL Newsmakers).

SpaceX is Founded

Jun 1, 2002

With his new fortune, Musk founds a new company called SpaceX that is dedicated to space exploration.

eBay Buys PayPal

Aug 18, 2002

eBay, the online authion website, acquires PayPal for $1.5 billion (Popular Science).

Tesla is Founded

Jul 1, 2003

The wildly successful electric car company is founded.