Elon Musk Timeline By ihes58 Jun 28, 1971 Birth 1980 Parents Divorce When his parents divorced, he chose to live with his father 1980 Learns 6 month course of BASIC in 3 days 1983 Codes video game "Blastar" and sells it for $500 1985 Reads The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy 1988 Moves to Canada 1989 Starts college in Ontario 1994 Gets Wharton economics degree 1995 Co-founds Zip2 Corporation, a company that develops city guides. 2002 Gets $250 million dollars from sale of Paypal 2004 Invests in Tesla 2006 First ever rocket launches and explodes 2009 Unveils first Tesla Model S