Elon Musk is a South African-born entrepreneur, engineer, inventor, and founder of a number of successful companies including Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company. He was born on June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa.
Musk moved to the United States in the early 1990s and attended the University of Pennsylvania where he earned bachelor’s degrees in physics and economics. He went on to co-found PayPal, an online payment system, which was later acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion.
After PayPal, Musk founded SpaceX, a private space exploration company, with the goal of making space travel more affordable and accessible. He also co-founded Tesla, an electric vehicle and renewable energy company, with the aim of accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
In addition to his work with SpaceX and Tesla, Musk has also founded other companies such as Neuralink, a company focused on developing implantable brain-machine interfaces, and The Boring Company, which aims to develop underground tunnel infrastructure to alleviate traffic congestion.
Musk is known for his ambitious goals and visions for the future, including colonizing Mars, and has received numerous awards and accolades for his work in technology and innovation.
