Happy birthday to Elon Musk, wey turn 55 today, and im net worth don reach $938 billion. Since 2024 start, e don dey top as world richest man, but im money dey shake small small.
SpaceX, im rocket company, just do IPO wey be biggest for history. Dis listing push Musk to trillionaire status, and e make SpaceX one of most valuable public companies for world. Retail and institutional investors dey rush am.
Musk first online interview na for CNN for 1999, as we see for Elonomics, di book about im strategy. For dat time, e wear baggy jacket wey dey trend for 1990s. E dey 28 years, but e get less hair than now. E dey wait for im new car, McLaren F1, wey get 600 horsepower and cost $1 million. Dat car mark im entry to rich entrepreneurs for California.
Im money come from sale of Zip2 for over $300 million. E hold 7% stake and collect $22 million. Musk born for South Africa for June 28, 1971, then move to Canada for 1989 to study for Queen’s University. For 1992, e move to US to finish degree for Physics and Economics for University of Pennsylvania. For 1995, e join Stanford for PhD, but drop after two days to focus on Zip2, wey be online city guide wey combine street maps and business directories.
For many people, selling Zip2 for dat amount na big win. But Musk no stop. E create X.com, wey later become PayPal, wey change fintech. E compete with Confinity, wey get PayPal service, until dem join forces. Musk become CEO, but dem sack am after few months because dem no like im style. E still remain biggest shareholder and pocket $180 million.
Peter Thiel, co-founder of Confinity, talk say: ‘There is something about risk wey Musk understand and we no understand.’ Dis wealth allow am to take on challenges like SpaceX rockets, Tesla, Twitter takeover, and xAI. For first half of 2025, when Trump appoint am to cut US government spending, im popularity reach lowest point, but im public profile high.
SpaceX share price don put am for role wey suit am: entrepreneur wey dey push boundaries. E show how private powers dey control enabling technologies and strategic infrastructure for national and global level.
Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu share birthday with Musk, and e post for X say dem get same birthday, but Musk younger by three years. June 28 also get other big figures like former PM PV Narasimha Rao and filmmaker Aanand L Rai.
Musk start inventing at age 12, and im companies don change automobile, finance, and space. Im dream na to establish human colonies for Mars. Tesla, wey e establish for 2003, get market cap of ₹62 lakh crore. SpaceX, wey e found for 2002, make history with reusable rockets and private human spaceflight mission for May 31, 2020, wey send astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to space for 63 days.
But Musk get controversies. For 2022, SpaceX flight attendant accuse am of sexual harassment, and SpaceX pay $250,000 to settle for 2018. Video of am and Amber Heard for elevator go viral. For 2018, e smoke weed and drink whiskey for Joe Rogan podcast, wey cause controversy. Tesla employee claim dem fire am for using weed outside work, and Musk apologise.
Musk net worth recently drop from trillionaire status, but e still dey rich. Im childhood for South Africa, im mother na model, im father na engineer. Dem separate for 1980. E get bachelor degrees for Physics and Business from University of Pennsylvania for 1995, and drop PhD for Stanford.
