CEO of electric car manufacturer Tesla and Space exploration firm SpaceX, Elon Musk has become the world’s richest person with a wealth of $195 billion. He bypassed Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos who owned the crown earlier in 2017. Known for his bold claims and huge ideas, Musk has been in controversies several times. But, what a billionaire who can’t get out of problems smartly? 49-year-old Elon Reeve Musk was born in Transvaal, South Africa. Quite active on social media, he even accepts the ideas of his followers. Recently, he responded to a follower who gave him an idea of creating a company named “X” and Musk responded to it positively saying, “Good Idea”. There are various interesting facts to know about the interesting US entrepreneur Elon Musk. So, here you go on your task of how much you know Elon Musk:
You might know him because of Tesla and SpaceX. But did you know that Musk's earliest project that he found was Zip2? It's been a company that used to provide maps and business directories to newspapers. It was later on acquired by Compaq for $307 million.
Musk founded SpaceX which is also known as Space Exploration Technologies in 2002. The company has launched the Falcon 1 in 2006, the Falcon 9 in 2010, and the Falcon Heavy in 2018. This company was an extension of Musk's idea that depending upon its abilities, humans can survive on different planets.
Musk founded Tesla in 2003. The company was earlier known as "Tesla Motors". Tesla is a manufacturer of electric vehicles and has introduced a car named "Roadster" which has a futuristic look and its plus point is that the car can run for 394 km once it's fully charged.
The company that is taking Musk on heights, was almost sold by him to Google in 2013 for $11 billion. This information was revealed by Ashlee Vance, who wrote "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future".
How much time do you take to decide whether you want to be in a University or not after joining? Whatever Musk took 2 days to leave Stanford University when he joined it for Ph.D. in applied physics there. From here, began the journey of him being a founder.
A genius is not made suddenly, it takes time, effort, and dedication. He created a video game at the age of 12. Musk sold the game to a South African magazine for $500.
Not just in tech and business, Musk is an actor too! He did a cameo in the Hollywood movie named "Iron Man 2".
Musk has started a school "Ad Astra" (which means "to the stars") in SpaceX headquarters for his kids. School is operational since 2014 and is attended by Musk and some employees of SpaceX.
