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Elon Musk is born
Elon Musk was born June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. -
Elon moves to Canada
Elon Musk gets a Canadian passport because he could find greater economic opportunities. -
Musk attends the University of Pennsylvania
Shortly after Musk moved to Canada, he attended The University of Pennsylvania where he studied physics and business -
Elon starts Zip2
Zip2 was an online service that provided business directory for people -
Zip2 is bought
Musk sold Zip2 to computer manufacture Compaq for $307 million -
X.com is founded
Musk cofounded an online banking company with the money he made from selling Zip2 -
X.com Merges
X.com mergers with Cofinity which becomes Paypal. -
Elon Musk marries his first wife
Elon marries Justine Wilson after they met at Ontario's Queen's University. -
Elon Musk is fired from Paypal
Elon Musk gets fired because he wanted to move the infrastructure to windows. -
Space X is founded
Elon musks starts an space exploration company with $100 million. -
eBay buys Paypal
eBay buys Paypal for $1.5 billion. Musk got $165 million -
Elon Musk's wife gives birth
His wife gave birth to twin boys through vitro fertilization. -
Musk joins Tesla
Elon joins Tesla's board of directors as chairman -
Elon Musk becomes CEO of Tesla
Musk becomes the CEO of Tesla -
Musk gets divorced
Elon and his wife Justine get a divorce