2. Who is Elon Musk
Cutting edge visionary
Steve jobs of this generation
Real life Tony stark
Thinks 10 years ahead
Great innovator
3. Introduction
Elon Reeve Musk
Born on 28 June
1971 (age 47 years),
in Pretoria, South
Africa
•Parents
• Maye Musk, Errol
Musk
He holds South
African, Canadian,
and U.S. citizenship
•Net worth: 2,070
crores USD (2019)
4. Early life
Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa.
His mother, Maye, was a Canadian-born model and dietician. His
father, Errol, was an electromechanical engineer born in South
Africa.
Compared with his siblings, Elon was quiet. His mother would
later say that he is an introvert, especially compared with his
more outgoing siblings, made her fear that he might be deaf.
When Musk was 10, his parents divorced and Elon lived mostly
with his father, who moved around South Africa. It was a difficult
time, as Errol was reportedly tough with his children to the point
of abuse, often lecturing Musk and his brother for hours.
5. Education
Musk attended the English-speaking
Waterkloof House Preparatory School,
and later graduated from Pretoria Boys
High School. The years were lonely and
brutal, from his descriptions.
Bullied as a Child in school
6. When he was only 10, he became acquainted with programming
via the Commodore VIC-20, an inexpensive home computer.
Before long, he had become proficient enough to create Blastar
– a video game in the style of Space-Invaders. He sold the BASIC
code for the game to a magazine called PC and Office
Technology for $500.
At 17, Musk moved to Canada to avoid serving in the South
African military, He later obtained Canadian citizenship through
his Canadian mother.
7. After emigrating to
Canada, Musk enrolled
in Queen's University in
Kingston, Ontario.
It was there that he met
Justine Wilson, an aspiring
writer. They married and
had five sons together, twins
and triplets, before
divorcing in 2008.
After two years at
Queen's University,
Musk transferred to
the University of
Pennsylvania.
8. Musk graduated with a Bachelor of Science
in Physics, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in
Economics from the Wharton School.
Musk was 24 years old when he moved to California to
pursue a PhD in applied physics at Stanford University.
With the internet exploding and Silicon Valley booming,
Musk had entrepreneurial visions dancing in his head.
He left the PhD program after just two days.
9. Early days as an entrepreneur
Musk and his brother Kimball launched a software company in 1995
called Zip2, using $28,000 of their father's money and funds from
angel investors.
The Internet was beginning to expand by leaps and bounds, and
newspapers were trying to figure out how they could make the best
use of the new medium.
The Musk's’ company developed online city guides for newspaper
publishers. Before long, Zip2 had won contracts with major players in
the industry, including The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune.
10. But there was tension at Zip2. Musk
wanted to be CEO, but the board
stood firm against the move. In 1999,
as the tech bubble was approaching
its zenith, the board sold the
company to Compaq for $307 million
plus $34 million in stock options. In
the sale, Elon Musk received 7% of
the sale, $22 million.
11. Companies founded by Elon
Currently
worth more
than $27
billion and
employs more
than 7000
people
2002
Sold to e-bay
for $1.5
billion in the
year 2002
1998
Sold to
compq for
$305 million
in the year
1999
1995
Currently
worth more
than $47
billion and
employs more
than 45000
people.
2003
Zip2 PayPal Space x Tesla
14. Failure is an option here, if you are not failing then you
are not innovating enough.
When something is important enough, then you do it
even if the odds are not in your favor.
Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.
Don’t confuse “schooling” with “education”, I didn’t go
to Harvard, but people work for me did.
Best quotes of Elon Musk
