About the legend

Elon Musk, born June 28, 1971, Pretoria, South Africa. Musk was born to a South African father and a Canadian mother. He displayed an early talent for computers and entrepreneurship. At age 12 he created a video game and sold it to a computer magazine. In 1988, after obtaining a Canadian passport, Musk left South Africa because he was unwilling to support apartheid through compulsory military service and because he sought the greater economic opportunities available in the United States. Musk attended Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and in 1992 he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where he received bachelor’s degrees in physics and economics in 1995.

His beginnings: He's Canadian... or actually African.

Musk was born June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, Tranvsvaal, South Africa to his mother, a model from Regina, Canada, and his father Errol Musk, a South African-born mechanical engineer. After his parents divorced in 1980, Musk lived mostly with his father in locations in South Africa. At age 10, he discovered computing with the Commodore VIC-20. He taught himself computer programming and at age 12 sold the code for a BASIC-based video game he created called 'Blastar' for approximately $500 USD. After graduating from high school in Pretoria, he moved to Canada in June 1989 after obtaining Canadian citizenship through his Canadian-born mother.

His Education?

At the age of 19, Musk was accepted into Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, but transferred in 1992 to the University of Pennsylvania, where at the age of 24 he recieved a B.Sci degree in Physics, then a B.Sci degree in Economics from the Wharton School. Don't worry, he wasn't a total nerd; he and a fellow Penn student Adeo Ressi rented a 10-bedroom frat house, which was used as an unofficial nightclub. In 1995, Musk moved to California to begin a PhD in applied physics at Standford University, but left after just two days to pursue his personal aspirations as an entrepreneur in the industries of space, renewable energy, and the Internet.

The Future ---- It's coming.

Elon Musk has admitted that his prior successes such as PayPal, X.com, and Zip2 were essentially large fundraising campaigns for his deeper aspirations and expectations for humanity. Musk's deepest held belief about the purpose for his life on Earth is to uplift mankind into being an interplanetary species, mainly through the colonization of Mars. Along with that grand plan, Musk also cares deeply about life on Earth while we're 'stuck' here. Reducing global warming through the production and consumption of sustainable energy is one more magnificent view which is clearly shown through his private endeavors creating SolarCity and Tesla Motors.