Elon Musk Research Paper

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A leader and pioneer that I currently admire is none other than Elon Musk.

Elon Musk was born June 28, 1971 in South Africa. Growing up, he was very involved in computer coding and electrical engineering (due in part to his father being an electromechanical engineer). By the tender age of 12, Elon had already taught himself basic computer programming, and sold his first video game by the name of 'Blastar' to a magazine company for approximately $500 USD.

Elon did not have an easy childhood, as he was bullied by his peers through most of his young life. At one point, he was beat so brutally he had to be hospitalized after being thrown down a flight of stairs and losing consciouness. These experiences may or may not have molded Elon into who he is today, giving him the motivation and driving force needed to push the world of space travel and energy beyond the limits we had them set at.

Elon Musk was accepted into Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario at the age of 19. After 2 years, he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania and graduated at the age of 24, receiving two Bachelor of Science degrees. One in physcs, and one in economics. In 1995, Musk continued his education and began to pursue his PhD in applied …show more content…
Using $28,000 of their fathers money, the brothers started a web software company named Zip2. After brokering deals with The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune, the Musk brothers sold Zip2 in 1999 for almost $350 million. Elon Musk received a payout of 7% from this sale, or about $22 million dollars. Elon used $10 million from his sale of Zip2 to help co-found a new company, 'X.com', and email payment and online financial services company. One year after its creation, 'X.com' merged with another company called Confinity who had a money transfer service some of you may know as Paypal. In 2002, ebay purchased Paypal for $1.5 billion dollars, of which Musk was paid $165
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