Elon Musk

The Real-Life Iron Man

Introduction • Birth date : 28 june 1971 (48 Years)

• Place of Birth: Pretoria (South Africa)

• Education : University of Pennsylania, Queen's

University, Ontario, Stanford University

• Founder: Tesla motors , SpanceX and Solar

City

• Famous Quotes: “Failure is an option here. If

things are not failing, you are not innovating
enough.”

• Net Worth : US$19.5 Billion

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 About Elon Musk
Early Life
• Musk was born on June 28, 1971.
• At about the time of his parents’ divorce, when
he was 10, Musk developed an interest in
computers. He taught himself how to program,
and when he was 12 he sold his first software:
a game he created called Blastar.
• In grade school Musk was short, introverted
and bookish. He was bullied until he was 15 and
went through a growth spurt and learned how
to defend himself with karate and wrestling.
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Education
• At age 17, in 1989, Musk moved to Canada to
attend Queen’s University and avoid
mandatory service in the South African
military. Musk obtained his Canadian
citizenship that year
• In 1992, Musk left Canada to study business
and physics at the University of Pennsylvania.
He graduated with an undergraduate degree
in economics and stayed for a second
bachelor’s degree in physics.
Introduction • CEO and founder Of Tesla

of the • Founded on 1 July 2003

Business
• (21.9%) owner

• Production output : 720,000 per year

• CEO of SpaceX

• Founded on 6 May 2002

• Private Co.

• No. of employee : 7,000

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 Elon Musk Wealth
The proportion of Wealth of Elon Musk

65%
Tesla
32%
SpaceX
4%
SolarCity
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 Failure in Business Life

• Launched a software company in 1995 with • Online banking Transaction company.

his brother.

• Board of Directors opposed that Elon is not • When he was busy in his personal life, the
fit for the CEO , and therefore sold the directors removed him from his position.
company to Compaq.

• He was having the 7% of equity in Zip2

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 Musk Grants are made in support of:
Foundation  Renewable energy research and
advocacy
 Human space exploration research
and advocacy
 Pediatric research
 Science and engineering education
 Development of safe artificial
intelligence to benefit humanity

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Thank You!

Presented by :
Stefan Mihajlovski