ELON MUSK SUCCESS STORY 2025 ELON MUSK NETWORTH 426BILLION USD Born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. • Had a passion for computing and technology from a young age. • Moved to the U.S. after attending university in Canada, enrolling at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned degrees in Physics and Economics Early Business Ventures • Zip2 (1996-1999): Musk co-founded this online business directory, which was sold to Compaq for $307 million . • X.com & PayPal (1999-2002): Founded X.com, an online payments company, which later became PayPal . PayPal was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion , making Musk wealthy Major Companies & Successes 1. SpaceX (2002-Present) • Founded with the goal of reducing space travel costs and colonizing Mars. • Created the Falcon and Starship rockets. • Launched the first privately developed rocket (Falcon 1) into orbit. • Became the first private company to send astronauts to the ISS (...