Musk was born on June 28, 1971 in a Canadian mother and South African father and raised in (Pretoria), South Africa. He briefly attended the (Univrsity of Pretoria) before moving to Canada aged 17 to attend (Queen's University).
He transferred to the (Univristry ofPennsylvania) two years later, where he received dual bachelor's degrees in economics and physics. He moved to California in 1995 to attend (Standford Univristry),but decided instead to pursue a business career, co-founding web software company Zip with his brother (Kimball). The start-up was acquired by (compaq) for $307 million in 1999. Musk co-founded online bank (X.com) that same year, which merged with (Confidint) in 2000 to form the company (PayPal)and was subsequently bought by (eBay) in 2002 for $1.5 billion.
In 2002, Musk founded SpaceX,
an (areospace) manufacturer and space transport services company, of which he is CEO, CTO and lead designer. In 2004, he joined electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, Inc. (now Tesla, Inc.) as chairman and product architect, becoming its CEO in 2008. In 2006, he helped create (SolarCity), a solar energy services company and current Tesla subsidiary. In 2015, he co-founded OpenAI, a nonprofit research company thatpromotes (AI). In 2016, he co-founded Neuralink, a(neurotechnology) company focused on developing (brain–competer interface), and founded The Boring Company, a tunnel construction company. Musk has also proposed the (Hyerloop), a high-speed (vactrain) transportation system.
Musk has been the subject of criticism due to unorthodox or unscientific stances and highly publicized controversies. In 2018, he was sued for defamation by a diver who advised in the (ThamLuang cave reuse); a California jury ruled in favor of Musk. Also in 2018, the (U.S.S.E.C.) sued Musk for falsely tweeting that he had secured funding for a private takeover of Tesla.
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