ELON MUSK
Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. He grew up in a family of entrepreneurs, and his father was an electromechanical engineer while his mother was a model and dietitian. From an early age, Musk showed an interest in technology and business, and he taught himself how to program computers when he was just 12 years old. After finishing high school, Musk moved to the United States to study physics and economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with degrees in both fields and went on to pursue a Ph.D. in applied physics and materials science at Stanford University. However, he dropped out after just two days to start his first company, Zip2. Zip2 was a web software company that provided online business directories and maps to newspapers. The company was successful, and in 1999, it was sold to Compaq for almost $300 million. After the sale of Zip2, Musk co-founded X.com, an online payment company that later became PayPal. PayPal was also a maj...