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- Born: June 28, 1971 (age 37)Inc.com: Entrepreneur of the Year: Elon Musk
- Residence: Bel-Air, CaliforniaInc.com: Entrepreneur of the Year: Elon Musk
- Education: B.A. Economics and Physics from University of PennsylvaniaInc.com: Entrepreneur of the Year: Elon Musk
- Net worth: $328 millionInc.com: Entrepreneur of the Year: Elon Musk
- Spouse: Justine MuskInc.com: Entrepreneur of the Year: Elon Musk
- Children: 5Inc.com: Entrepreneur of the Year: Elon Musk
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Entrepreneur Elon Musk is the co-founder of PayPal. He is currently chairman of Solar City and CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX. Musk founded SpaceX, a developer and manufacturer of space launch vehicles, in 2002. On September 28, 2008, the Falcon 1 rocket became the first privately financed liquid powered vehicle to achieve earth orbit.TechRadar: Falcon 1 launched into space... finally (September 29, 2008)
Tesla Funding
In an interview with Car and Driver magazine for the May 2009 edition, Musk reported that Tesla Motors had secured additional funding, with one of the primary contributors being GE. After being reported by the blog Gawker, GE responded to the claim saying that the funding did not go through and the offer had been pulled after the interview with Musk.Gawker: Tesla CEO Says GE's ... (March 30, 2009)Background
The son of a South African engineer and a Canadian mother, Elon Musk was born and raised in South Africa. His father bought him his first computer at age 10 and he taught himself how to program. By the age of 12 he sold his first commercial software, a space game called Blaster. At the age of 17 Musk left South Africa in part because of compulsory service in the South African military and enrolled at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada. Musk transferred to the University of Pennsylvania after receiving a scholarship to the Wharton School of Business. There he received a bachelors degree in Economics and stayed an extra year to finish a degree in Physics.Inc.com: Entrepreneur of the Year: Elon MuskEntrepreneur
In 1995, Musk left a graduate program in physics at Stanford University to start the online content publishing software provider Zip2. The company was bought by Compaq's AltaVista division for $307 million in cash and $34 million in stock options in 1999. In March 1999, Musk co-founded X.com, an online financial services and email payments company which later became PayPal. PayPal was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock in October 2002.Inc.com: Entrepreneur of the Year: Elon Musk-
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Elon Musk on Amazon
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MUSK, ELON: An entry from Gale's <i>Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce</i> - $2.90
This digital document is an article from Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational p...Amazon
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Wired Magazine, June 2007 - $5.99
Wired Magazine back issue, June 2007: The Linkin Park Stalker, Rocket Boom - Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and the dawn of the private space age, more...Amazon
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Aerospace CEO takes wheel at electric car firm: SpaceX's Elon Musk seeks to steer Tesla down profitable road.(AUTOMOTIVE)(Tesla Motors Inc. appointed Elon ... article from: Los Angeles Business Journal - $9.95
This digital document is an article from Los Angeles Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on October 27, 2008. The length of the article is 368 words. The page length shown abo...Amazon
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Elon Musk Questions
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Elon Musk on David Letterman (video) -- thoughts? 3 AnswersHere you go Jason! I had an hour to kill so I figured I'd transcribe it for you. David Letterman: Thank you very much for being here. How are things going at Te... read more -
What do you think of Calacanis quote? Sexy and efficient. Like me. ???? 9 AnswersTheres some fun here, definite positivity. The first part is an assertion of the good usually considered mutually exclusive- "sexy" and " efficient". This appar... read more -
Ten Things I love... what three things do you love? 14 Answers1. My work at home job --> What it is: I am a freelance writer --> How it works: I get paid by different companies to create content for them. --> Why it's i... read more
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Elon Musk Professional Profile
- Current Projects:
- Chairman, Tesla Motors
- CEO and CTO, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)
- Chairman, SolarCity
- Chairman, Musk Foundation
- Director, The Planetary Society
- Trustee, The X-Prize Foundation
- Past Projects:
- Executive Producer, Thank You For Smoking
- Co-founder, X.com, which later became PayPal
- Founder, Zip2
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"If all we do in life is solve another bloody problem, That's depressing. You need things that inspire people." - Elon Musk.
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Audi e-tron: Taking the e-train - Los Angeles Times: Picture this: Elon Musk and Henrik Fisker -- impresarios o.. http://bit.ly/5MMCEJ
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Audi e-tron: Taking the e-train: Picture this: Elon Musk and Henrik Fisker -- impresarios of the electric Tesla Roa... http://bit.ly/87DbmT
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RT @creativecommons: Tesla CEO Elon Musk supports CC with a $10k gift! http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/19615
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RT @creativecommons: Tesla CEO Elon Musk supports CC with a $10k gift! http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/19615
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