Elon Musk
Elon Musk
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I honestly didn't know that Elon Musk didn't found Tesla, nor Paypal. But that he just invested in them and strong armed his way into being added as a founder of the two companies.
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https://twitter.com/lazerwalker/…There are more links to articles about it in the comments.
- He did even dream of flying to Mars, that was Werner Von Brauns childhood dream he wrote in a book. In the story, the Mars leaders name is Elon!!!robotron3k
- Seems like he was wealthy from the start, his father owned an emerald mine in Africa.yuekit
- Respect where due, but it's a lot easier to take huge risks at a young age when you know you have backing and a sizeable safety net should anything go wrong.Nairn
- /sourgrapes envy
:)Nairn - Also, I think there's a little bit of subtlety where his involvement in Tesla's concerned - I do believe his involvement was entirely transformativeNairn
- Maye Musk: ‘We used to live in a rent-controlled apartment in Toronto with Elon on the couch’neverscared
- https://www.theguard…neverscared
- From what I can tell, they got rich in the 1980s when his dad acquired the mine.yuekit
- Interestingly his father is the only member of the family who does have a wikipedia page. Apparently the father married and had a kid with Elon's step sister.yuekit
- *who does not have...yuekit