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10 interesting facts about Elon Musk

Electric car company Tesla owner Elon Musk is now the richest man in the world. However, his beginning was not as brilliant as it is now. It can be said that it was quite simple. He is a very determined person since his college days. He overcame all the obstacles to reach where he is today.

Since 2020, he has been rising at a meteoric pace. Basically, Tesla's share price has increased rapidly, so his forehead has also opened to electric speed. Last year, Tesla's stock price rose 743 percent and Musk's fortune increased by $150 billion, or $15 trillion. He is now the world's richest man, even surpassing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. He also surpassed Bezos in terms of wealth as Tesla shares rose 4.8 percent in a recent day. Now his wealth is 197 billion or 19 thousand 7 billion dollars. Closest rival Amazon's Jeff Bezos is now $15 billion or $1,500 billion behind him.

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1. Musk was born in 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. He moved to Canada at the age of 17. He is currently a citizen of South Africa, Canada and the United States.

2. So far, Musk has founded eight companies—Tesla, SpaceX, Hyperloop, OpenAI, Neuralink, The Boring Company, Zip2, PayPal.

3. Mask technology since childhood. It is said that he read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica at the age of 9. He taught himself computer coding. At the age of 12, he made a video game called 'Blaster'. He also sold that game.

4. Musk learned martial arts and wrestling at the age of 15. As a child, Musk was subjected to severe bullying. Even once he was brutally beaten by school students and sent to hospital.

5. It is said that Iron Man's Tony Stark character is modeled on him. Musk even had a cameo appearance in Iron Man 2. Apart from this, Musk has acted in series like The Simpsons, Big Bang Theory, South Park.

6. Musk graduated from UPenn and received his PhD from Stanford University. But within two days of enrolling in his Ph.D., he dropped out and started Zip 2 Corporation.

7. Despite being the majority owner and CEO of SpaceX Rockets, Musk does not take a salary.

8. Elon Musk once got frustrated and wanted to sell Tesla.

9. During his student life, Musk once lived on a dollar a day for food. In a radio interview, Musk told the story of how he made a living by buying discount food from superstores. He said, 'Then I mainly ate hotdogs and oranges. But the hotdog can be eaten for a few more days. Apart from this, he also told the story of how he survived by eating pasta, chili peppers or capsicum and sauce.

10. Musk has six children. He has five children from his first wife. His sixth child was born in 2020. This boy's name is X A-12 Mask.