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Mr. Musk is born
Born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, to a model and a South African-born electromechanical engineer. -
Rough Childhood, interest in computers
Decribed as being bullied 'viciously through his schooldays', Elon Musk was an intelligent child, and developed an interest in computer programming. -
Creates Blastar
Creates and writes the code for a video game called Blastar; sells it for an equivalent of $500 -
High School Graduation
Graduates from Pretoria Boys High School with hopes of pursuing a career in science or computer studies. -
Attends University
Attends college at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario at age 19. Soon transfers to the University of Pennsylvania, completed BS in Economics and majored in physics. After leaving Pennsylvania, he went to Stanford University to pursue a Phd in physics. However, dropped out after two days to found Zip2 -
Sells Zip2 to Compaq
A deal for $307 million (7% or $22 million to musk), lead to the founding of x.com, which turned into paypal. -
Elon Musk marries first wife
Married in 2000 and separated in 2008, after having six sons. Married Canadian author Justine Wilson after meeting her while attending the University of Queens. -
Became an American Citizen
Interestingly enough, Mr.Musk had created an american company, Zip2, prior to actually being an american citizen.. -
eBay acquires PayPal
A deal for $1.5 billion in stock ($165 million goes to Musk) -
Founds SpaceX
Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies, with hopes of a 70% gross profit margin. -
Co-founds SolarCity
Musk provided the initial concept and financial capital for SolarCity, co-founded in 2006 with cousins -
Global Green Product Award
Was heavily involved in the design of Tesla Motors' first electric sports car, the ‘Tesla Roadster’. As a result of this, recieved an award! -
Becomes the CEO of Tesla
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Tesla is made into an IPO
Musk decided to make Tesla a public company. This makes it the first IPO car company since the 1940s. -
President Obama tours the SpaceX facility
President Barrack Obama decided to tour the SpaceX facility with Elon Musk after acquiring a substanial contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. -
Releases conept for Hyperloop
"Hyperloop" is a concept for a new form of transportation that would foster commuting between major cities while severely cutting travel time. -
Investment into Tesla Motors
Musk led the Series A round of investment in February 2004, joining Tesla's board of directors as its chairman. -
Founds x.com
After the successful sale of Zip2 to Compaq in 1999, Musk creates an online financial service called ‘X.com’ -
Awarded the FAI Gold Space Medal
In 2010, the premier world organization for aerospace records, the ‘Fédération Aéronautique Internationale’ awarded Musk the ‘FAI Gold Space Medal. -
Tesla releases patents for public use
It was decided that by releasing the patents for Tesla motors to the public, in order for an acceleration in progress regarding cars that run on green energy. Musk had the idea that if the whole world works together, then they will reach their goal quicker.
