Elon Musk

Timeline of Elon Musk. Overview of his life and career. Elon Musk is born on June 28, 1971. He is a South African-born, Canadian-American business magnate, engineer, inventor, and investor.

  • 1971

    • June 28 - Born 🇿🇦
      1. Born on 28th June 1971 in South Africa. Elon Reeve Musk (born June 28, 1971) is a South African-born, Canadian-American business magnate, engineer, inventor and investor.
      2. He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors, and chairman of SolarCity. In December 2016, Musk founded The Boring Company, an infrastructure and tunnel-construction company focused on tunnels specialized for electric vehicles.

  • 1991

    • January 12 - Blastar video game 🎮
      1. Blastar was a game written by Elon Musk in 1984 (at the age of 12). The source code was published in a magazine and he received $500 for it.
      2. You can play a replica of the Blastar video game here: https://blastar-1984.appspot.com/

  • 1995

    • August 16 - University of Pennsylvania
      1. In 1995 Elon Musk received his Bachelor in Physics and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
      2. university
    • September 5 - Moved to California
      1. In 1995 Elon Musk moved to California and applied for physics at Stanford University. However, he left the program after two days.
      2. university
    • November 1 - Queen University
      1. Elon Musk was accepted into Queen's University.
      2. university

  • 1999

    • February 16 - Zip2
      1. Started Zip2, a web software company, with US$28,000 of their father's (Errol Musk) money.
      2. university
    • March 1 - Compaq acquires Zip2
      1. Musk received 7% or US$22 million from the sale.

  • 2000

    • March 14 - Co-founded X.com
      1. Musk co-founded X.com, an online financial services and e-mail payment company, with US$10 million from the sale of Zip2.
    • May 17 - Marriage Justin Musk
      1. Elon marries Justin in 2000 but separated in 2008, after having six sons.
    • October 2 - eBay buys PayPal
      1. PayPal was acquired by eBay for US$1.5 billion in stock, of which US$165 million was given to Musk.

  • 2002

    • June 3 - Space X
      1. With US$100 million of his early fortune, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies

  • 2004

    • February 10 - Investment Tesla Motors
      1. Musk led the Series A round of investment in February 2004, joining Tesla's Board of Directors as its Chairman.

  • 2006

    • February 10 - Solar City
      1. Musk provided the initial concept, and financial capital for SolarCity, co-founded by his cousins Lyndon and Peter Rive

  • 2010

    • March 6 - Falcon 9
      1. Musk and President Barack Obama at the Falcon 9 launch site in 2010

  • 2012

    • June 12 - Tesla Model S
      1. Tesla began delivery of its four-door Model S

  • 2002

    • June 3 - Space X
      1. With US$100 million of his early fortune, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies

  • 2013

    • August 12 - Hyperloop
      1. Musk unveiled a proposal for a new form of transportation between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area,

  • 2002

    • June 3 - Space X
      1. With US$100 million of his early fortune, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies

  • 2021

    • June 7 - Anonymous
      1. Anonymous sends a message to Elon Musk after tweeting down the crypto market.
    • July 9 at 8:30 AM - DOGE
      1. While Bitcoin is declining, Elon Musk keeps on tweeting about Dogecoin and pushes the prices up.