To infinity and beyond: Elon Musk, the entrepreneur of the century

To infinity and beyond: Elon Musk, the entrepreneur of the century - Elon Reeve Musk, at the age of 46, is known for being the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, as well as for being the founder, CEO and brain behind aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company SpaceX.
But did you know Musk was also one of the masterminds behind PayPal?
Click here to learn more about the entrepreneur of the century.

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Birth - Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Parents - His parents Errol Musk and Maye Haldeman Musk have been divorced since 1979. Errol is an engineer and Maye is a nutritionist and model.

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Love life - Musk has had a turbulent personal life. He married Justine Wilson in 2000 and the pair got divorced in 2008. Then, he married Talulah Riley in 2010 and got divorced two years later. However, they tied the knot again in 2013, but ended up splitting up in 2016.

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Children - Musk's only children came from his relationship with Justine Wilson. Baby Nevada, who sadly died at 10 weeks old, twins Xavier and Griffin and triplets Damian, Kai and Saxon.

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Xavier - Elon Musk has revealed that his son Xavier's name was inspired by Professor Charles Xavier (Professor X) from the X-Men movies.

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The beginning - At the young age of 12, Musk created the game Blastar in 1984. The game was then sold to a computing magazine for $500.

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Fortune - The initial source of his fortune was PayPal, as he was one of the company's co-founders, which is now used all around the world.

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Nationality - Musk only became an American citizen officially in 2002, at the age of 31.

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From Canada to US - At 17 years old, Elon Musk left South Africa and moved to Canada. Eventually he ended up going to the US to study at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Post-grad - After he graduated from college, Musk took a post-grad at Stanford University, yet he dropped out after only two days!

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First company - After he quit Stanford University, he founded his first company Zip2. It provided newspapers with online city guide software. In 1999, Musk sold the company for $307 million.

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PayPal - In 1999, he co-founded X.com, an online payment company that would eventually become PayPal. The company was then acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion, with Musk getting the hefty cut of $165 million.

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Main companies - Musk's two biggest companies are SpaceX e and Tesla Motors.

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Tesla Motors - Tesla is a company in the car sector that develops, produces and sells high performance electric automotives.

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SpaceX - SpaceX specializes in space transport services. The billionaire's vision when it comes to SpaceX is to reduce the cost of aerospace transports and to colonize Mars.

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SpaceX - Initially, Musk couldn't find investors that would believe in his vision, so he ended up funding much of the project himself, which was a very risky business move.

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The Tesla S - The Tesla S model was awarded a 5-star safety rating across all categories by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Falcon Heavy - SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket 'was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars,' according to their website.

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Falcon family - The inspiration behind the Falcon name came from Star Wars's 'Millennium Falcon' spacecraft.

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Launching - On February 6 this year, the first Falcon Heavy was launched into space. It is the world's most powerful rocket ever.

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Near failure - Both Tesla Motors and SpaceX were already on the verge of failure. Tesla's first car, the Roadster, had several production problems, while SpaceX's first three spacial launches went busted.

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Musk Foundation - He also founded the Musk Foundation, which focuses on space exploration as well as renewable energy research.

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Musk Foundation - The foundation also allows for visitors to see what the Mars environment is like in a room that replicates the planet's atmosphere.

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Trillionaire - Musk has been nicknamed 'Trillionaire' - a title that defines a new class of high-technology entrepreneurs whose goal is to use their money to fulfill their sci-fi dreams.

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Sustainable energy - He's an active fighter of climate change, and he claims that's Tesla's main goal too.

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The Giving Pledge - Musk is part of the group of wealthy people who's committed to The Giving Pledge, an official document in which one pledges to give away at least half of his/hers fortune to philanthropy.

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Wet Nellie - He owns the 'Wet Nellie' an underwater vehicle used in the James Bond movie 'The Spy Who Loved Me.'

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SolarCity - Musk also owns most of the shares of SolarCity, a subsidiary of Tesla Motors that provides solar energy services. They produce, commercialize and install solar panels all around the US.

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Fortune - According to Forbes, Musk's fortune is now estimated to be around $20 billion.

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Brain chip - One of Musk's business ventures is the 'Neuralink', which according to his website is an 'ultra-high bandwidth brain-machine interface to connect humans and computers.' Because artificial intelligence is one of his biggest fears, he founded OpenAI: a non-profit organization that is committed to researching and promoting friendly AI that doesn't impact humanity negatively.

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