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Elon Musk is born to Errol Musk (father) and Maye Haldeman (mother) in Pretoria, South Africa (UXL Newsmakers).
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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).
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Musk launches his online banking website called X.com (UXL Newsmakers).
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X.com purchases PayPal (UXL Newsmakers).
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With his new fortune, Musk founds a new company called SpaceX that is dedicated to space exploration.
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eBay, the online authion website, acquires PayPal for $1.5 billion (Popular Science).
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The wildly successful electric car company is founded.
