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Elon Musk

Musk was born on June 28, 1971, making
him 49-years-old. Musk was born in Pretoria,
South Africa, where he lived until he moved
to Canada at age 17. He holds South African,
Canadian, and U.S. citizenship.
Net Worth: $151 billion

Facts about Elon Musk
• At the age of 12, Elon Musk created and sold a video game to a
magazine. The space fighting game called ‘Blaster’ was sold to PC and
Office Technology magazine for $500. Musk also worked at a gaming
start-up called ‘Rocket Science’.
• Because of the lack of funding, Musk had to invest his own money
into the development of SpaceX rockets. Currently, the company has a
$1.6 billion contract with NASA for resupply missions and eventually
ferrying people to and from the International Space Station.
• Both of Musk’s successes, SpaceX as well as Tesla, had come very
close to failing. While the first three rockets failed to launch the fourth
was a success and the Roadster went through several production
problems.
• Musk was named one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st
century by Esquire magazine.