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Elon Musk was born in South Africa to a Canadian mother, Maye who was a model, and a South African father, Errol, who was an electromechanical engineer.
Elon Musk started his first business at the age of 12.
Elon Musk launched his first company, Zip2, at the age of 24, with his brothers Kimbal Musk and Greg Kouri.
Elon Musk merged his company x.com with Confinity in 2000. It went on to become the online payment platform PayPal in 2001.
In 2002, Elon Musk founded SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer, and space transport services company.
In 2004, Elon Musk joined electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors. He later went on to act as chairman and CEO.
In 2015, Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI, a non-profit research company focused on artificial intelligence.