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Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, one of three capitals of South Africa -
In 1990 he moved from South Africa to Kingston Ontario, Canada, to attend Queen's University. He studied economics and physics. -
In 1992 Musk transferred to the University of Pennsylvania earning a Bachelor's in Economics and Physics -
In 1995 he transferred from Penn to Standford to pursue a PhD in energy physics, but after 2 days he dropped out to start his first company Zip2.com -
Zip2 was sold to Compaq for $307 million of which Musk got $22 million. He used to money from this sale to launch X.com which would later merge to become PayPal -
Giving primarily for renewable energy research and advocacy, human space exploration research and advocacy, pediatric research, science and engineering education, and development of safe artificial intelligence to benefit humanity -
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is an American aerospace manufacturer, space transportation services and communications corporation -
PayPal was Sold to Ebay for $1.5 billion -
Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company -
In 2008 Tesla Motors released its first car, the completely electric Roadster -
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory -
It is a neurotechnology company that develops neuroprostethics for brain-machine interfaces -
The Boring Company is an American infrastructure and tunnel construction services company -
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX providing satellite Internet access to most of the Earth -
SpaceX completes its first commerical fly of nasa astronauts to the international space station