15 Facts about Elon Musk

                          Facts about Elon Musk

1 . Elon Musk is not born in America , he was born in south Africa in 1971.

2 . He become famous starting Spacex and Tesla but he made his  fortune co founding Pay pal , which was like todays google pay phone pay and stuff.

3 . Musk is known as the real Tony Stark ( Iron man ) , in fact he  played a cameo in Iron man 2 ( movie ).

4 . Like Steve Jobs and other enterpreneurs Elon ' s annual salary for Tesla motors is just 1 $.

5 . At Age of 12 Musk taught himself programming and created a video game which is called ' BLASTER ' , which he sold for $500

6 . Elon Musk didnt become an American citizen till 2002 , at age 31

7 . When Elon Musk was 17 , he moved from South Africa to Canada, Eventually he attented college in U.S at University of pennslyvania.

8 . Elon took admission in Stanford university to become graduate in physics , but he left the university after two days .

9 .  After dropping out of grad school Elon quickly established his first company named ' ZIP2 ' .

10 . Musk has reduced the cost of reaching International space station by 90 % , bringing it down from $ 1 billion  per mission to just $ 60 million .

11 . The Falcon rocket gets its name from Star wars ' millennium falcon .

12 . Spacex is the first commercial company ever to successfully recover a spacecraft from earths orbit , and its dragon spacecraft
is the first commercial vehicle to attach to the international space station.

13 . Elon Musk is firm supporter of fighting global warming and working towards sustainable energy use , he cities it is as his primary incentive for founding TESLA motors and SOLAR CITY . 

14 . Elon Musk has signed the giving pledge , in which he promise to donate the majority of his wealth to philanthropic efforts . The pledge is also signed by Bill Gates , Warren Buffet , Mark Zuckerberg etc.

15 . Elon Musk owns a wet nellie , a custom built lotus esprit submarine car from the James Bond film , THE SPY WHO LOVED ME .




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