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Elon Musk turns 50! Here’s a quick look at his career so far

There are so many congratulatory tweets on his birthday. His well-known interest in bizarre memes made him an internet sensation and recently one tweet on cryptocurrency Dogecoin skyrocketed the value of one an internet joke.

OpenAI

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OpenAI

Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015, to build artificial intelligence for humans.

Solar City aka Tesla Energy

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Solar City aka Tesla Energy

In 2006, Musk further helped his cousins Peter and Lyndon Rive set up SolarCity in 2006 which later got acquired by Tesla and it is known as Tesla Energy.

Tesla Motors

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Tesla Motors

Elon Musk joined Tesla Motors as chairman and product architect and later became CEO of that company in 2008.

SpaceX

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SpaceX

In 2002, Musk founded SpaceX in 2004.

X.com

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X.com

Musk founded an online bank X.com in 1999 which later became part of PayPal in 2000. Eventually, eBay bought PayPal for $1.5 billion in 2002.

Zip 2

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Zip 2

After completing his college, Elon Musk started a company called Zip 2, which was unveiled in collaboration with his brother, Kimbal, and Greg Kouri. Later in 1999, Compaq acquired that company for $307 million.

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