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Elon Musk

  Elon Musk Elon Musk   (born June 28, 1971,  Pretoria , South Africa), South African-born American  entrepreneur  who cofounded the electronic-payment firm  PayPal  and formed  SpaceX , maker of launch vehicles and spacecraft. He was also one of the first significant investors in, as well as chief executive officer of, the  electric car  manufacturer Tesla. Early life Musk was born to a South African father and a Canadian mother. He displayed an early talent for computers and entrepreneurship. At age 12 he created a video game and sold it to a computer magazine. In 1988, after obtaining a Canadian passport, Musk left South Africa because he was unwilling to support apartheid through compulsory military service and because he sought the greater economic opportunities available in the United States. PayPal and SpaceX Musk attended Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and...