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Musk was born on June 28
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At age 10, he developed an interest in computing with the Commodore VIC-20
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He taught himself computer programming at the age of 12, sold the code of a BASIC-based video game he created called Blastar, to a magazine called PC and Office Technology, for approximately $500.
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Musk and his brother started Zip2, a web software company.
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Musk co-founded X.com, an online financial services and e-mail payment company, with US$10 million from the sale of Zip2.
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One year later, the company merged with Confinity, which had a money transfer service called PayPal. The merged company focused on the PayPal service and was renamed PayPal.
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Musk conceptualized "Mars Oasis"; a project to land a miniature experimental greenhouse on Mars, containing food crops growing on Martian regolith, in an attempt to regain public interest in space exploration.
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With US$100 million of his early fortune, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX.
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Musk led the Series A round of investment , joining Tesla's board of directors as its chairman. Musk took an active role within the company and oversaw Roadster product design at a detailed level, but was not deeply involved in day-to-day business operations.
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US$1.6 billion NASA Commercial Resupply Services program contract on December 23, 2008, for 12 flights of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to the Space Station, replacing the US Space Shuttle after it retired
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Musk announced the creation of OpenAI, a not-for-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research company.
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The Falcon Heavy is a reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX.
