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ELON MUSK TIME LINE
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ELON MUSK'S TIMELINE
1971
Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa.
1983
He taught himself how to program, and when he was 12 he sold his first software.
1992
He graduated with an undergraduate degree in economics and stayed for a second bachelor’s degree in physics.
1999-2000
He funded X.com an online financial services/payments company, the following year led to the creation of PayPal as it is known today.
2002
Musk founded his third company, SpaceX, with the intention of building spacecraft for commercial space travel.
2003
He earned his first billion when PayPal was acquired by eBay for 1.5 billion in stock.
2004
He joined electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, Inc. (now Tesla, Inc.) as chairman and product architect.
2008
Musk finally stepped in as CEO after deciding to invest more of his personal fortune into the company.
2016
Musk and SpaceX made history when the company launched its Falcon 9 rocket into space with an unmanned capsule.
2017
Tesla announced that it surpassed General Motors to become the most valuable U.S. car maker.
2018
The business tycoon was ranked 25th on Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful people.
2021
Elon Musk became the world's richest person, his patronomy is now worth about $ 200 billion