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Elon Musk

) is an engineer, entrepreneur, and business magnate who holds South African citizenship by birth, Canadian citizenship through his mother, and U.S. citizenship via naturalization in 2002. Musk's early ventures include co-founding Zip2, sold to Compaq in 1999, and X.com (an online financial services company), which merged with Confinity to form PayPal , and was acquired by eBay in 2002. He is a cofounder, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc. , founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer of SpaceX and xAI (which owns X , formerly Twitter ), and founder of Neuralink and The Boring Company . As of January 22, 2026, Musk's net worth of approximately $788 billion, derived mainly from his stakes in Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, positions him as the world's wealthiest person. Early Life Childhood and Family Background Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, as the eldest child of Errol Musk , an electromechanical engineer and property developer, and Maye Musk (née Haldeman), a model and dietitian. His paternal grandmother, Cora Amelia Robinson, grew up in poverty in England during the Great Depression