Timeline
- June 28, 1971: Born in South Africa
- Age 12: Creates and writes a video game called Blastar; sells it for the equivalent of $500
- 1988: Graduates from Pretoria Boys High School with distinctions in science and computer studies
- 1989 to 1991: Attends college at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Then transfers to the University of Pennsylvania; completed a BS in Economics (Wharton) and a BA with a major in physics
- 1995: Moves to Silicon Valley; defers graduate program in applied physics and materials science at Stanford University to join the Internet boom
- February 1999: Sells Zip2 to Compaq, the personal computer company, for $307 million, of which $22 million went to Musk. Then forms X.com, which in 2000 morphs into PayPal
- July 2002: eBay acquires PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock, of which $165 million goes to Musk
- 2002: Becomes an American citizen
- 2002: Founds SpaceX9
- 2004: Invests in Tesla Motors
- 2007: SpaceX wins $1.6 billion contract to bring cargo to the International Space Station
- October 2008: Becomes Tesla’s CEO
- Jun 29, 2010: Tesla IPO
- May 2012: SpaceX becomes the first commercial vehicle to deliver a load of supplies to the International Space Station.
- June 2012: Tesla begins deliveries of the all-electric Model S
- August 2013: Releases sketch and concept of the Hyperloop
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