Elon Musk

Entrepreneur

Birthday June 28, 1971

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Pretoria, South Africa

Age 53 years old

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About

American Engineer and billionaire who founded PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla Motors and Neuralink. In January 2021, he was the richest person in the world with a net worth of $188 billion.

Before Fame

He received economics and physics degrees from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Trivia

He became a naturalized American citizen in 2002.  He was named Person of The Year by Time Magazine in 2021. He purchased Twitter in 2022.

Family Life

His father is engineering consultant and real estate developer Errol Musk. His brother Kimbal and sister Tosca were CEOs of OneRiot and Musk Entertainment, respectively. In 2000, he married Justine Musk and after having six sons, the couple divorced in 2008. He and actress Talulah Riley were married two separate times. In 2017, he briefly dated actress Amber Heard. In 2018, he began dating singer Grimes; the two broke up in 2021. He and Grimes have children named X Æ A-12, Exa Dark Sideræl, aka Y, and Tau Techno Mechanicus.

Associated With

He was the inspiration for director Jon Favreau's take on classic comic book character Tony Stark in the Iron Man film.  He appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast in 2018. 

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