10 Interesting Facts About Elon Musk Every Must Know

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10 Interesting Facts About Elon Musk Every Must Know

Elon Musk is a world-famous American businessman who is widely known for his business ideas. Due to his start-up PayPal, he gained much popularity before founding other large business ideas. He is also widely known for his salesmanship for Tesla. In a very short time, he created a big brand out of nothing. He is a true inspiration for the youth and aspiring businessman. Let’s check interesting and mind-blowing facts about Elon Musk.

1. Citizen of US, South Africa and Canada

This talented businessman was born in Pretoria, South Africa and raised by his family there. At the age of 17, they moved to Canada. Later on (about 3 years later), he joined the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia to study physics and business.

2. High Net Worth, US$21.8 billion

Due to his great ideas and hard work at PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, and other companies, he is worth US$21.8 billion according to Forbes. He is ranked among the richest Americans. Still, he loves to interact with his fans and reply to all important emails and tweets he receives on his personal email address.

3. Learn Computer Coding at 9

To your surprise, he learned computer programming at an early age, 9 years! After few years, he created a space-themed game, called “Blastar“. This game was sold for US$500 to a computer magazine. Isn’t it an interesting fact about Elon Musk? Let’s check more!

4. Stanford Drop-out

Before joining Stanford, he already earned two degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. Within two days of joining Stanford, he dropped out to start his company Zip2 Corporation. This was a life-changing decision!

5. Musk is a source of inspiration for Ironman

Do you like Ironman? Did you know one thing about him? Elon Musk was the source of inspiration for Tony Stark who played the role of Ironman. Some scenes were also filmed at SpaceX. This is a very interesting fact about him.

6. Elon Musk Salary at Tesla – Very Low!

Did you know? Elon Musk’s total compensation is very low and you would not believe it. According to the latest reports, he earned less than US$40,000 as total compensation from Tesla Inc. Based on reports, Musk doesn’t even cash the checks he receives as a salary. This is one of the most interesting and wonderful facts about him.

7. He owns a submarine car

Did you know? He owns a submarine car called “Wet Nellie”. This submarine car was used in the 1970s movie “The Spy Who Loved Me”. This is one of the most unknown things about Elon Musk.

8. Big Fan of X-Men

Elon Musk is a big fan of X-Men characters. To tribute to his favorite characters, he named some of the new robots after X-Men characters. For example, Colossus, Xavier, Storm, and Wolverine. This is one of the most unusual facts about Elon Musk.

9. Super Excited About Rockets since Childhood

Elon Musk was a super excited child when he was a kid. He even started building his own rockets by reading books and making experiments. This is one of the most unknown facts about Elon Musk.

10. Big Love for Books

Elon Musk is a fond lover of books and once said, “I was raised by books, and then my parents“. He event spent 10 hours a day reading various books. At 9, he read the whole “Encyclopedia Britannica”. Later on, he started reading other genres of books to increase his knowledge and thirst for reading.

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