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Birth
Elon was born to an engineer father and a model mother in south america
http://fundersandfounders.com/how-elon-musk-started/ -
Moves to Canada
He moved to Canada -
Starts college in Ontario
Elon started working towards his physics degree -
Graduates
Elon graduated college and got decrees in physics and economics -
ZIp2
Starts the website Zip2 with his brother Kimbal Musk. He coded the site at night on the same computer that hosted it in the day time. -
INVESTMENT MONEY
He got his first investment money in zip 2 ($3 mill) -
Receives $22 million in sale of ZIp2
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X.com
Elon starts the first online banking site with his own money -
Merger
X.com Merges with Confinity forming Pay-Pal -
Marriage
Elon married his college Girlfriend Justine -
Ousted as CEO of paypal while on honeymoon
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Rockets
Elon starts looking into doing a small philanthropic mars mission to reinvigorate like public's interest in space. He goes to Russia to look into buying rockets -
Failure to buy intercontinental missiles
He fails to get the rockets but on the plane ride home he realizes he could make rockets cheaper and better, revolutionizing the space industry. -
First sons birth
Elon has his first kid named Nevada Alexander -
SPACE X
Elon starts Space X, a rocket company, with his own money -
Son dies
Elons son dies from sudden infant death syndrome. -
MONIEEEEZZZZZ
Elon gets $180 Million (after tax) in sale of pay-pal -
Electric cars
Elon meets JB Staubel, an electric car enthusiast -
Tesla
Creates TESLA motors to make electric cars -
Twin sons born though IVF
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Rocket failure
Elon's first ever rocket takes of and explodes in mid air -
Wins NASA Contract
To demo delivery to ISS and make Falcon-9 rocket -
Becomes the first investor in his cousins company solar city
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Triplet sons are born
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2nd rocket fails
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First TESLA customers get their roadsters
at price of 109,000 -
Divorces wife
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3rd launch fails
Destroying 4 satellites aboard including NASA's -
SpaceX and Tesla Both running out of cash
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4th Rocket succeds
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NASA CONTRACT
Elon wins NASA contract for 12 flights for 1.6 billion. Elon Cries realizing SpaceX barely escaped bankruptcy -
Hours before Tesla would have gone bankrupt Elon raises funding
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Unveils First Tesla Model S
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Tesla goes public
starting at $17 per a share going up to $24 by the end of the day -
Marries Talulah Riley
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Buys car factory for cheap from Toyotas failed joint venture
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Promises to send humans to mars by 2021-2031
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Announces reusable rockets
to make spaceflight 100 times cheaper -
Tesla Unveils model X (SUV)
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Divorces Riley
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SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docks with space station
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Tesla starts shipping Model S
for $75,000 -
SpaceX starts trying to land a dummy rocket from small altitude
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Tesla launches supercharger network for long distance driving
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Soft land orbital class rocket on water
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Marries Riley again
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Publishes the design of Hyperloop High-speed rail
He had too much time on his plate to tackle this by himself -
Soft land orbital Rocket on Ship in ocean
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Starts construction on GigaFactory to mass produce batteries
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Tesla unveils Powerwall
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Rocket failure
First failure after 19 successful ones. Cause was found and fixed. (Only happened due to the rate at which they were fueling it) -
First Customers get their Model X's
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Challenged by Jeff Bezos who landed a Suborbital class rocket
(A much smaller feet to the educated eye) -
First successful landing of Orbital class rocket
Here is a video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B6oiLNyKKI
