Elon Musk Andreas Kapadoukas Γ 1

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1 Elon Musk Andreas Kapadoukas Γ 1

2 Elon Musk

3 General information Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28 th,1971 and is 46 years old. In December 2016, he was ranked 21st on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People. As of February 2018, he has a net worth of $20.8 billion and is listed by Forbes as the 53rd richest person in the world.

4 Early life (1) Musk was born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, the son of Maye Musk and Errol Musk. He has a younger brother, Kimbal, and a younger sister, Tosca. After his parents divorced in 1980, Musk lived mostly with his father in the suburbs of Pretoria.

5 Early life (2) During his childhood he was an avid reader. At age of10, he developed an interest in computing and at the age of 12 he taught himself computer programming. Musk was severely bullied throughout his childhood, and was once hospitalized when a group of boys threw him down a flight of stairs and then beat him until he lost consciousness.

6 Education (1) Musk attended Waterkloof House Preparatory School, and Bryanston High School before graduating from Pretoria Boys High School. At the age of 17, Musk was accepted into Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and after 2 years he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania where in May 1997 he received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and a Bachelor of Science degree in economics.

7 Education (2) In 1995, at the age of 24, Musk moved to California to begin a PhD in applied physics and materials science at Stanford University He left the program after two days to pursue his entrepreneurial aspirations in the areas of the internet, renewable energy and outer space.

8 Family (1) Musk met his first wife, Justine Wilson, while both were students at Ontario's Queen's University. They married in 2000 and separated in Their first son, Nevada Alexander Musk, died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) at the age of 10 weeks.

9 Family (2) They later had five sons. After their divorce, they share custody of all five sons. In 2008, Musk began dating English actress Talulah Riley, and in 2010, the couple married. In late 2016 they divorced.

10 Philanthropy (1) Musk is chairman of the Musk Foundation, which focuses its philanthropic efforts on providing solarpower energy systems in disaster areas. In 2010, the Musk Foundation collaborated with SolarCity to donate a 25-kW solar power system to the South Bay Community Alliance's hurricane response center in Alabama.

11 Philanthropy (2) In July 2011, the Musk Foundation donated US$250,000 towards a solar power project in Sōma. In July 2014, Musk was asked to donate US$8 million toward the construction of the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, but he agreed to donate 1 million. Musk donated US$10 million to the Future of Life Institute in January 2015

12 In 1995, Musk and his brother, Kimbal, started Zip2. In March 1999, Musk cofounded X.com. Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, in May He became co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc. In December 2015, Musk announced the creation of OpenAI. In 2016, he became cofounder and CEO of Neuralink. Career

13 In May 2002 Musk founded SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company, of which he is CEO and lead designer. In 2011 their Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft replaced the US Space Shuttle. On February 6, 2018, SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon Heavy. SpaceX (1)

14 SpaceX (2) On December 22, 2015, SpaceX successfully landed the first stage of its Falcon rocket back at the launch pad. This was the first time in history such a feat had been achieved by an orbital rocket. Musk stated that he wants to establish a Mars colony by 2040, with a population of 80,000.

15 Tesla, Inc. was incorporated in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. In February 2004, Musk joined Tesla's board of directors as its chairman. He took an active role within the company, but was not deeply involved in day-today business operations. Following the financial crisis in 2008, Musk assumed leadership of the company as CEO and product architect. Tesla (1)

16 Musk has favored building a sub-us$30,000 compact Tesla model. As of 2014, Musk's annual salary is one dollar, similar to that of Steve Jobs and other CEOs. In January 2018, Musk was granted a $2.6 billion award by the company, awarding him with 20.3 million shares thereby raising Tesla's market value to $650 billion. Tesla (2)

17 Final thoughts Considering all the good Elon Musk has done for his fellow humans, he is truly an admirable person and can therefore be considered a hero. He strives to help people by providing solar power in disaster areas and donating money for charitable causes. His inventions are extraordinary and he is an amazing entrepreneur.

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