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Elon Musk was born June 28th, 1971 in Pretoria South Africa. -
In 1995, Elon Musk moved to America after living in Canada for a short time. -
In 1995, Zip2, a company that sold maps and business directories to online newspapers, was founded. -
In the year 1997, Elon Musk earned his bachelors degree from the University of Pennsylvania. His degree is in physics and economics. -
In February, 1999, Zip2 was sold and Elon Musk made $22 million from the sale. -
March, 1999, X.com, which later became PayPal, was founded. -
Elon Musk founded SpaceX on March 14th, 2002. -
Elon Musk earned over $100 million on October 3rd, 2002, after X.com/PayPal was sold. -
In February 2004, Elon Musk became the largest shareholder of Tesla with a $6.5 million investment. -
Elon Musk proposed the idea of the Hyperloop, basically a really fast train that could carry 30 people 350 miles per hour between multiple different locations, later on, Elon announced that he was too busy to go along with development with the Hyperloop, so it has been scrapped as a concept -
SpaceX first launched their greatest rocket yet, the Falcon Heavy, on February 6th, 2018. It was designed to carry 117,000 pounds, twice as much as its largest competitor. -
Tesla introduced the Cybertruck on November 21st, 2019, which has had its release date pushed back more and more since. -
Elon Musk Became the Richest Person on Earth on September 21st, 2021. -
Elon Musk became the owner of Twitter on October 27th, 2022 after spending $44 billion.