Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. Elon Musk’s father’s name was May Musk. Elon Musk’s father was the son of electromechanical engineer pilot and sailor Errol. When Elon Musk was 10 years old, his parents got divorced. During this time Elon Musk became interested in computers. At the age of 10, he developed an interest in computing with a Commodore VIC 20 and taught himself computer programs.
sold His first Video Game 1984
Elon Musk at the age of 12 invented a basic video game called Blaster and sold it to a magazine called Office Technology for about $500.
1889 At age 17, Elon Musk moves to Canada to attend Queen’s University to avoid compulsory service in the South African Civil War.
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University of Pennsylvania Aug 1992
In August 1992:- Elon Musk left Canada to study business and physics at the University of Pennsylvania. Elon Musk earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and stayed there for a second bachelor’s degree in physics.
Started Zip2:-Elon Musk and his brother Kimbal started a web software company called jeep2, which developed and marketed an Internet city guide for the newspaper publishing industry
Sold Zip2 To compaq:-Compaq purchased Jeep 2 in February 1999 for US$307 million in cash and US$34 million in stock options. Elon Musk received US$22 million from the sale for his 50 percent stake.
Cofounded .X.com 1999:- Elon Musk founded the financial services and payments company x.com via email. This made transfers complicated for users. Achieved a high level of security without
X.com. PayPal 2000 :-X.com merged with Silicon Valley based software company Confinity Inc. Elon Musk was attracted to Confinity because of its easy payment system and the merged company changed its name to Paypal.
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Elon Musk’s first wife
Elon Musk married Canadian Justine Wilson after meeting her while studying at Queen’s University. They had 6 children but their first son “Nevada” died in infancy.
Founded SpaceX 2002
Elon Musk founded SpaceX Exploration Technologies, or Space One, with US$100 million of his initial wealth. Space One develops and manufactures space launch vehicles with the goal of eventually making spaceports
Ebay Acquired Paypal
Ebay acquired PayPal in October 2002. PayPal was acquired by Ebay for US$1.5 billion in stock. Elon Musk won one hundred and fifty million US dollars from Ebay Cities.
Tesla was founded 2003
Engineer Martin Eberhard and Tarpenning founded Tesla Motors. Elon Musk joined the project in 2004 and led the investment round in the startup with a personal contribution of $70 million. Elon Musk participated in designing the first electric car, which was the British Lotus Elise-based “Tesla Roadster sports car”
Co-founded solar City July 2006
Elon Musk provided the initial concept and financial capital for Solar City. Founded by his cousin Lyndon Peter Reeves, Solar City develops and sells solar panels and solar roof tiles.
Space X dragon May 2012
Locked into the International Space Station (ISS), making history as the first commercial company to launch and berth there for the International Space Station
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Tesla auto pilot September 2014
Tesla Motors announced its first version of Autopilot. Its system is capable of autonomous steering, braking and range control with speed limit adjustment based on signal image recognition. Elon Musk believes that very soon the software will be so good that it will be able to work without active human supervision.
Neuralink 2016
Elon Musk founded Neuralink, a neural technology startup company focused on building devices that can be implanted into the human brain with the ultimate goal of helping humans interact with software and keep pace with advances in artificial intelligence.
Space x Makes history May 2016
After several failed attempts, Aspect Action successfully landed its Falcon Nine rocket into space for the first time on a drone ship at sea, changing the economics of space flight forever.
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World Richest Man 2021
Elon Musk’s net worth is now $182.9 billion making him the richest person on the planet again. The Tesla chief is now just $1 billion richer than Musk who is the world’s second-richest person, according to Forbes’ Hanson.
Mars 2025
Space One intends to land on the surface of Mars, launching a project that could establish colonies on Mars in 40 to 100 years.
# Elon Musk Achieve
| Years | Event Description |
| 1971 | Born in Pretoria, South Africa. |
| 1984 | Sold his first video game Blaster at age 12. |
| 1989 | Moved to Canada for studies. |
| 1992 | Transferred to the University of Pennsylvania. |
| 1996 | Co-founded Zip2. |
| 1999 | Sold Zip2 for $307 million; founded X.com. |
| 2000 | X.com became PayPal. |
| 2002 | eBay acquired PayPal; founded SpaceX. |
| 20003 | Tesla Motors was founded; Musk invested in 2004. |
| 2006 | Co-founded SolarCity. |
| 2012 | SpaceX Dragon docked with ISS. |
| 2014 | Tesla Autopilot launched. |
| 2016 | A surname of Slavic origin. |
| 2021 | Became the world’s richest person. |
| 2025(Planned) | SpaceX aims to land on Mars. |