The Life of Elon Musk, the Greatest Entrepreneur of the Century

Elon Musk, who is regarded as one of the greatest entrepreneurs and richest persons of the century, inspiring many entrepreneur-spirited people, is one of the most searched people in Google. So what makes Elon Musk so popular and interesting? There is no doubt that it is his success and the factors contributing to his success… Here is the extraordinary life of Elon Musk, who is regarded as the greatest entrepreneur of the century…

Who is Elon Musk?

The successful entrepreneur, whose full name is Elon Reeve Musk, was born on June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, the capital of South Africa. In addition to South African citizenship, he holds US and Canadian citizenship. Still holding the title of the greatest entrepreneur of the century, Musk is also the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla companies. Manifesting his route to future success at the age of 12, Elon created a video game and started to plant the seeds of entrepreneurship at that time. The wheels of fate started to turn for the young Elon as he sold the game he had created to a computer magazine.

Educational Background of Elon Musk 

In 1988, Elon got his Canadian passport and left South Africa, where he was born. After being admitted to Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, Elon transferred to the University of Pennsylvania in the USA in 1992. After 5 years, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics and physics in 1997. Then he enrolled in Stanford University in California to study P.H.D. in physics, but left it.

The Wondered Fortune of Elon Musk

Elon Musk, the co-founder of the space company SpaceX and online payment company PayPal, is also the CEO of Tesla, the manufacturer of luxury electric cars. The fortune of Musk, who also owns companies such as SolarCity, Neuralink and Boring Company, is wondered. So how much is the fortune of Elon Musk? The fortune of the successful entrepreneur is estimated to be about $264.6 billion.

Elon Musk, who is currently the richest person in the world, founded Zip2 in 1995 and 4 years later, in 1999, he sold it to Compaq for 307 million dollars.  The successful entrepreneur founded X.com, later PayPal, and sold this company to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002.

The Richest Man in the World

This brilliant man, who is the creator of not only technological projects but also many social projects, evokes admiration with his great imagination. Creating various projects such as implanting a chip in the human brain, establishing a colony on Mars, alleviating traffic with underground tunnels and offering Internet service via satellites, Elon Musk not only designs these projects, which are like out of science-fiction movies, but also changes how the world functions by taking the necessary initiatives.

Having inspired the actor Robert Downey Jr, who played Tony Stark in Iron Man, Musk has also shown his power in this respect. With all of these initiatives and fortune, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has surpassed Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, and risen to first place in the list of top rich people in the world.