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Born
Elon Musk is born in Pretoria, South Africa. Dodds, Colin. "Elon Musk: Early Life and Education." Investopedia. N.p., 15 Mar. 2016. Web. 26 Mar. 2017. http://www.investopedia.com/university/elon-musk-biography/elon-musk-early-life-and-education.asp. -
Commodore VIC-20
Musk's father buys him a Commodore VIC-20, a cheap home computer. Musk begins writing simple programs and quickly becomes obsessed. Dodds, Colin. "Elon Musk: Early Life and Education." Investopedia. N.p., 15 Mar. 2016. Web. 26 Mar. 2017. http://www.investopedia.com/university/elon-musk-biography/elon-musk-early-life-and-education.asp. -
Blastar
Musk shows his coding prowess by creating a game titled 'Blastar" in HTML5 format. Musk was only 12 years old. Tweedie, Steven. "Elon Musk Coded a Video Game When He Was Only 12 That You Can Now Play for the First Time." Business Insider. Business Insider, 09 June 2015. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-video-game-he-coded-when-he-was-12-is-now-playable-2015-6. -
IBM Test
Musk partakes in an IBM test at the tender age of 14 which tested young people's aptitude for coding. Musk performed so well that his score couldn't be assessed. Branson, Richard. "The 2013 TIME 100." Time. Time, 18 Apr. 2013. Web. 26 Mar. 2017. http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/elon-musk/. -
Stanford
Musk enrolls into a PhD program at Stanford. Musk leaves the program after only two days, citing a desire to chase his technology start up dreams in the nearby Silicon Valley. Dodds, Colin. "Elon Musk: Early Life and Education." Investopedia. N.p., 15 Mar. 2016. Web. 26 Mar. 2017. http://www.investopedia.com/university/elon-musk-biography/elon-musk-early-life-and-education.asp. -
Zip2
Musk decides to leave his graduate studies at Queen's University. Elon and his brother Kimbal Musk create an internet start up company called ZIP2. ZIP2 connected newspapers to the internet audience. "Zip2." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 09 Mar. 2017. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip2. -
PayPal is Created
Musk creates the PayPal monetary platform using his extensive programming knowledge and monetary funds. Musk's creation allowed for the easy transfer of funds online. "PayPal." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Mar. 2017. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal. -
SpaceX Founded
Musk builds a foundation team of engineers, rocket scientists, and computer scientists to create a space exploration company called SpaceX. SpaceX focuses on space travel solutions. SpaceX is focused on improving and reducing the price of both the software and hardware involved with space exploration. "Elon Musk." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Mar. 2017. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#SpaceX. -
PayPal is Sold
PayPal was sold to Ebay in 2002 and Musk pocketed over $100 million dollars from his self-funded, homebrewed start up. "PayPal." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Mar. 2017. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal. -
Tesla Involvement
Musk becomes a primary stakeholder in Tesla Inc., an automotive company. Musk utilized his computer science and engineering know-how in order to drive an early iteration of a Tesla automobile through production. Musk organized Tesla under a collaborative structure in order to drive quick and effective progress in the development of the high tech automobile. "Elon Musk." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Mar. 2017. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#SpaceX. -
Solar City
Musk helps found the energy company Solar City. Musk spearheads an ambitious energy storage idea. Musk encourages cross-company collaboration with Tesla and incorporates Tesla's Power-Wall technology into the Solar City design. Musk routinely encourages deep collaboration across company and departmental lines in order to achieve fast results. "SolarCity." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Mar. 2017. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarCity#Energy_storage. -
NASA Collaboration
Musk furthers the collaborative spirit by teaming up with NASA under a $1.6 billion contract spearheaded by president Obama. "37 Interesting Facts about Elon Musk, One of the Most Innovative Entrepreneurs of Our Time." BOOMSbeat. N.p., 14 Feb. 2014. Web. 26 Mar. 2017. http://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/323/20140214/50-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-elon-musk.htm. -
Recognition for Visionary Space Work
Musk is awarded the FAI Gold Space Medal for his driving vision in making a SpaceX rocket the first privately owned space craft to reach orbit. "37 Interesting Facts about Elon Musk, One of the Most Innovative Entrepreneurs of Our Time." BOOMSbeat. N.p., 14 Feb. 2014. Web. 26 Mar. 2017. http://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/323/20140214/50-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-elon-musk.htm. -
Most Influential Man
Musk is named one of the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Branson, Richard. "The 2013 TIME 100." Time. Time, 18 Apr. 2013. Web. 26 Mar. 2017. http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/elon-musk/. -
HyperLoop
Musk shares his intent to create the HyerLoop, a visionary transportation system. Musk intends to design, fund, and organize his multiple engineering and programming teams to build this transportation framework from the ground up. "37 Interesting Facts about Elon Musk, One of the Most Innovative Entrepreneurs of Our Time." BOOMSbeat. N.p., 14 Feb. 2014. Web. 26 Mar. 2017. http://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/323/20140214/50-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-elon-musk.htm. -
Musk and Trump
Musk becomes a tech sector and economic advisor to Donald Trump. But It Turns out Trump May Be the Right Guy for Musk, and His Businesses. "Elon Musk's Surprising Secret Weapon: Trump?" CNNMoney. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2017. http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/20/technology/elon-musk-trump/index.html.
