elon musk Upbringingchildhood Elon Musk was born on
elon musk
Upbringing/childhood • Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. • When Musk was 10, his parents divorced and Elon lived mostly with his father, who moved around South Africa. • He was bullied heavily in schools. It got so bad that one time, he was pushed down a full flight of stairs that knocked him out cold.
Connection to canada • His mother was a Canadian. • He moved to Canada at the age of 17, in 1989, to attend Queen's University
education • At the age of 17, in 1989, Elon Musk moved to Canada to attend Queen's University, avoiding mandatory service in the South African military. • He left in 1992 to study business and physics at the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated with an undergraduate degree in economics and stayed for a second bachelor's degree in physics. • After leaving Penn, Elon Musk headed to Stanford University in California to pursue a Ph. D in energy physics. However, his move coincided with the Internet boom, and he dropped out of Stanford after just two days to become a part of it, launching his first company, Zip 2 Corporation.
Personal life • He holds South African, Canadian, and U. S. citizenship. • His first marriage was to Canadian author Justine Wilson in 2000. They had six children together: all sons. • Their first son died at the age of 10. • The couple had five more sons, twins in 2004, followed by triplets in 2006. • Elon Musk is currently in a relationship with Canadian musician Grimes.
timeline Zip 2 1995 Tesla 2003 Pay. Pal 1998 solar city 2006 Space X 2002
Adversity • In 2008, struggling Tesla nearly collapsed during the financial crisis. When Tesla needed cash to fund the Model S, Musk chose to bankrupt himself. • Space. X spent 16 months trying to prove it was possible to land one of its rockets on its oceangoing recovery drone ships. The first attempt took place on January 10, 2015. • It wasn’t until April 28, 2016, for Space. X to achieve the first of three consecutive successful landings on the drone-ship. The try in June for four in a row ended with the rocket in flames, however, this did not discourage Elon Musk and his crew as Space. X.
Company 1 Tesla • • • it was founded in 2003 Share holders: elon musk, Deepak Ahuja, Jeffrey B. Straubel To stop people from using fossil fuels There are 45000 employees in the company 2018 Kia Soul EV. 2018 BMW i 3, 2018 Nissan Leaf, 2018 Volkswagen e-Golf. • This company should be very successful and I would like to work here
Company 2 • Space x • The company was founded in 2002 • Stakeholders: Elon Musk. (CEO and CTO), Gwynne Shotwell. • • • (President and COO ) the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. There are 7000 employees in the company Compeitors of space x: Europe’s Arianespace, United Launch Alliance (ULA ), Orbital ATK I think this company would be very successful I would like to work here
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