Elon Musk has always been a subject of controversy wherever he goes! This South African man has been associated with many strange nicknames due to his most bizarre biography!
Throughout his life and until now, Musk has considered time as his equal, studying computer programming himself at the age of 17, then moving to Canada for university before moving to Pennsylvania to obtain a degree in economics, and then studying for a doctorate in applied physics.
Interesting facts about Iron Man Eon Musk!
1. Created his first video game at the age of 12!
At the age of 12, Musk created a video game and sold it to a magazine. The space-fighting game “Blastar” has been sold to PC and Office Technology magazine for $500.
Musk also worked for a gaming startup called Rocket Science.
2. Zip2 is the first company created by Elon Musk
Musk’s first venture was the founding of Zip2, a company that provided maps and business guides to newspapers, which was later sold to Compaq for $307 million.
3. PayPal is credited with Musk’s fortune
After selling zip2, Musk used his profits to found X.com, which later changed its name to paypal.com after merging it with rival Confinity.
The company specialized in providing money transfer services via email and the web, and Musk’s business and profits expanded thanks to this.
After a dispute with company members and managers over some technical issues, Musk left his position as CEO of the company, but remained on the board of directors.
In 2002, eBay bought PayPal for $1.5 billion, and Musk had a share of about $160 billion after taxes. This money was the beginning of Musk’s path to wealth.
4. Elon Musk Founded SpaceX
In 2002, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies, better known as SpaceX.
Musk was convinced that humanity’s survival depended on its ability to become a multi-planetary species, but current rocket launch technologies were too expensive.
Despite this, Musk managed to launch the Falcon 1 in 2006, the Falcon 9 in 2010, and the Falcon Heavy in 2018.
The Falcon Heavy was capable of carrying 53,000 kg into orbit, twice the weight of its nearest competitor at nearly a third of the cost.
Due to lack of funding, Musk had to invest his own money in developing SpaceX rockets.
Currently, the company has a $1.6 billion contract with NASA for resupply missions and transportation of people to and from the International Space Station.
Thanks to developments in SpaceX, Musk has been able to reduce the cost of traveling to the space station by up to 90%. What used to cost $1 billion for the mission, now costs $60 million.
5. The revolution of the automobile industry
Musk became a major financier of Tesla Motors, which is now called Tesla. Focusing its research on electric vehicles, the company introduced the Roadster, a futuristic-looking car with a battery with a range of 394 km on a single charge.
Although Elon Musk’s projects were close to failure, with the first three rockets failing, the fourth rocket launch was a success. The Roadster also had several production problems.
6. Elon Musk married the same woman twice!
In 2002, Musk married Justin, and their first child died at the age of 10 weeks due to sudden infant death syndrome. They gave birth to twins through in vitro fertilization in 2004, and again in 2006 they gave birth to triplets.
In 2008, the couple divorced, then Musk had a relationship with actress Talulah Riley, and they married in 2010. Two years later they separated, and in 2013 they got back together again and married again!
No wonder they divorced again in 2016!
7. Endeavors to develop rapid transit via hyperloop
Musk has announced his plans to create a hyperloop to change the future of transportation. Hyperloops are capsules capable of transporting goods and people along a thin cushion of air, and work through electromagnetic technology that suspends the capsules on rods.
Musk seeks to apply this technology in crowded cities, such as California in the United States.
8. Musk’s controversial tweets!
Musk is mainly known for his weird tweets on Twitter!
For example, during the Cave Children incident in Thailand, Musk sent one of his SpaceX capsules, which he had converted into a submarine, to help evacuate the children.
The Thai government then told him that the submarine is not practical for the cave’s terrain and that the human diver is better, but Musk responded in a tweet, accusing the diver of anomalies!
Although Musk later apologized for his tweet, the diver insisted that the master of strange tweets be sued for defamation.
9. His companies are worth more than a billion dollars
Today, Musk owns four companies, each worth more than $1 billion. These companies are: Paypal – Tesla – SpacwX – SolarCity.
SpaceX is valued at more than $20 billion, while Tesla is roughly $60 billion, according to 2018 data.
Tesla also bought SolarCity for $2.6 billion, which designs and sells solar panels.
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