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Elon Musk was born
He was born in Pretoria, South Africa. -
Immigrated to Canada
Very important since this was the day that he arrived in North America, and his life wouldn't have been as it is now if he hadn't done this. -
Graduates at the university of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Received a bachelor's degree in physics and economics. -
Founding of X.com
X.com is also known as Paypal's predecessor. It later merged with Confinity and changed its name to PayPal. It was an online banking website. -
Sold Zip2
Zip2 was a website that provided maps and business directories to online newspapers. Elon Musk sold his company Zip2 for 307 million USD and received 7% of it, 22 million. -
Sold PayPal
Elon Musk as well as his numerous colleagues sold Paypal to eBay for 1.5 billion US dollars. -
Founding of SpaceX
Elon Musk founded the space company, SpaceX. Its goal is to reduce space transportation costs and colonize Mars. -
SpaceX's first launch (Falcon 1)
This event was an important moment in human history since it was the first private space company to launch a rocket. It unfortunately caught on fire and exploded. Their first successful launch was in 2008. -
Becoming the CEO of Tesla
In 2008, Elon Musk became the Chief Executive Officer of the company. He was previously one of the largest shareholders of the company. -
Buying Twitter
Elon Musk bought Twitter for 44 billion US dollars. And changed its name to X.