Elon musk net worth

• Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla. He's also the cofounder of other major companies including SpaceX.
• He was born in South Africa and founded his first startup in the 1990s.
• Musk is a polarizing figure who has incited lawsuits and SEC investigations. 

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

His mother, Maye Musk, is a professional dietitian and model, appearing on boxes of Special K cereal and the cover of Time magazine.

In 2022, at the age of 74, she appeared on the cover of Sport Illustrated's swimsuit edition.

Maye and Musk's father, Errol, were married for nearly a decade before they divorced. Maye said in her book that she'd wanted to end the marriage earlier, but the Divorce Act, which legalized the termination of a marriage in South Africa, was not enacted until 1979.

Musk's parents divorced the same year the law was passed.

After their parents divorced, nine-year-old Musk and hi