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He was born in Pretoria, South Africa. -
Very important since this was the day that he arrived in North America, and his life wouldn't have been as it is now if he hadn't done this.
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Received a bachelor's degree in physics and economics. -
X.com is also known as Paypal's predecessor. It later merged with Confinity and changed its name to PayPal. It was an online banking website. -
Zip2 was a website that provided maps and business directories to online newspapers. Elon Musk sold his company Zip2 for 307 million USD and received 7% of it, 22 million. -
Elon Musk as well as his numerous colleagues sold Paypal to eBay for 1.5 billion US dollars. -
Elon Musk founded the space company, SpaceX. Its goal is to reduce space transportation costs and colonize Mars. -
This event was an important moment in human history since it was the first private space company to launch a rocket. It unfortunately caught on fire and exploded. Their first successful launch was in 2008. -
In 2008, Elon Musk became the Chief Executive Officer of the company. He was previously one of the largest shareholders of the company. -
Elon Musk bought Twitter for 44 billion US dollars. And changed its name to X.