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Birth
Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, one of three capitals of South Africa -
Queen's University
In 1990 he moved from South Africa to Kingston Ontario, Canada, to attend Queen's University. He studied economics and physics. -
University of Pennsylvania
In 1992 Musk transferred to the University of Pennsylvania earning a Bachelor's in Economics and Physics -
Standford
In 1995 he transferred from Penn to Standford to pursue a PhD in energy physics, but after 2 days he dropped out to start his first company Zip2.com -
Sale of Zip2
Zip2 was sold to Compaq for $307 million of which Musk got $22 million. He used to money from this sale to launch X.com which would later merge to become PayPal -
Musk Foundation
Giving primarily for renewable energy research and advocacy, human space exploration research and advocacy, pediatric research, science and engineering education, and development of safe artificial intelligence to benefit humanity -
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is an American aerospace manufacturer, space transportation services and communications corporation -
Sale of PayPal
PayPal was Sold to Ebay for $1.5 billion -
Tesla
Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company -
Launch of the Tesla Roadster
In 2008 Tesla Motors released its first car, the completely electric Roadster -
OpenAI
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory -
Neuralink
It is a neurotechnology company that develops neuroprostethics for brain-machine interfaces -
The Boring Company
The Boring Company is an American infrastructure and tunnel construction services company -
Starlink
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX providing satellite Internet access to most of the Earth -
Launch of Crew-1
SpaceX completes its first commerical fly of nasa astronauts to the international space station