Elon Musk at the
age of 12
created a
video game
that sold to a magazine. The game was named
'Blaster.'
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His earliest project was the
founding of Zip2
, which was later sold to
Compaq for $307 million
.
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Paypal
was acquired by eBay for
$1.5 billion
of which
$165 million
was given to Elon in stocks.
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Musk founded
SpaceX, in 2002.
He believes that humanity's survival depends on its ability to become
multi-planetary.
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Due to a lack of funding, he had to invest his
own money
into the development of
SpaceX rockets.
It has a $1.6 billion contract
with NASA
.
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He has managed to reduce the
cost of traveling
into space stations by
90 percent
.
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He also funded majorly in
Tesla Motors
. The company introduced a car with great looks and a battery up to a
range of 394 km.
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Elon Musk introduces the
Hyperloop
, capable of transporting people from
Los Angeles
to
San Francisco
in 90 minutes.
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He named his one son,
Xavier
after the name of Professor Xavier from
the X-man
.
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He is also been awarded the
FAI Gold Space
medal for designing the first privately
developed rocket
.
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He also gave his presence in the
Simpsons
episode '
The Musk Who Fell On Earth.'
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