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Elon Musk, born in Pretoria, South Africa, is one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time. Musk has achieved world fame as the chief executive of the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla and the private space company SpaceX. Musk was an early investor in several technology companies, and in October 2022, he completed a deal to acquire X, formerly Twitter.
Elon Reeve Musk was born in 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa, the eldest of three children. His father was an engineer from South Africa, and his mother was a Canadian model and nutritionist.
He has described his childhood as difficult, affected by his parents' divorce, bullying at school and his difficulty adjusting to social life due to Asperger's Syndrome.
Musk attended the private, English-speaking Waterkloof House Preparatory School. He started a year early and later graduated from Pretoria Boys School.
Technology became an escape for Musk. At age 10, he was introduced to programming using an early and relatively inexpensive home computer. Before long, Musk had become proficient enough to create a game called “Blastar”.
At the age of 17, Musk moved to Canada. He would later acquire Canadian citizenship through his mother.
After two years at Queen's University, Musk transferred to the University of Pennsylvania.
Musk graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics and a second bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School.
At the age of 24, Musk moved to California to pursue a doctorate at Stanford University, but failed to complete it.
In 1995, with $15,000 and his younger brother Kimbal at his side, Musk founded Zip2, an online software company that would help newspapers develop online city guides.
Four years later, Zip2 was acquired by Compaq Computer Corporation for $307 million and stock options worth $34 million. Musk used the money to create X.com.
X.com merged with a money transfer firm called Confinity and the resulting company became known as PayPal. Peter Thiel ousted Musk as PayPal CEO before eBay ( EBAY ) bought the payments company for $1.5 billion, but Musk still benefited from the acquisition via his 11.7% stake in PayPal.
Musk also became involved in the electric car venture as an early investor in 2004, contributing around $6.3 million. Under his watch, Tesla has become the world's most valuable car manufacturer.
Përveç prodhimit të automjeteve elektrike, Tesla mban një prani të fortë në hapësirën e energjisë diellore, falë blerjes së SolarCity. Kompania aktualisht prodhon bateri diellore të rikarikueshme dhe pajisje të tjera të energjisë diellore. Tesla gjithashtu prodhon infrastrukturë komerciale të energjisë duke përfshirë programet e menaxhimit të rrjetit.
Musk përdori shumicën e të ardhurave nga aksionet e tij në PayPal për të themeluar Space Exploration Technologies Corp., i njohur zakonisht si SpaceX. Sipas llogarisë së tij, Musk shpenzoi 100 milionë dollarë për të themeluar SpaceX në 2002.
Nën udhëheqjen e Musk, “SpaceX” zbriti disa kontrata të profilit të lartë me NASA-n dhe Forcën Ajrore të SHBA për të projektuar raketa lëshimi në hapësirë. Musk ka publikuar edhe planet për të dërguar një astronaut në Mars deri në vitin 2025 në bashkëpunim me NASA-n.
Kompania e themeluar në mars 2006 si Twitter nga Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone dhe Evan Williams. Fillimisht një kompani private, ajo doli publike në nëntor 2013. Ajo mblodhi 1.8 miliardë dollarë nëpërmjet ofertës së saj fillestare publike (IPO) .
Musk iu bashkua faqes në qershor 2009.
Një poster i shpeshtë në rrjetin e mesazheve, Musk zbuloi një 9.2% të aksioneve në Twitter në mars 2022.
Kompania u përgjigj duke i ofruar Musk një vend në bord, të cilin ai e pranoi përpara se të refuzohej disa ditë më vonë.
Musk më pas i dërgoi bordit një letër duke i propozuar blerjen e kompanisë me 54.20 dollarë për aksion.
Bordi i kompanisë miratoi një dispozitë për për të dekurajuar Musk nga akumulimi i një aksioni edhe më të madh, por ata në fund e pranuan ofertën e Musk pasi ai zbuloi 46.5 miliardë dollarë financim të përkushtuar për marrëveshjen në një dosje të letrave me vlerë.
Në korrik 2022, Musk u përpoq të anulonte marrëveshjen , duke argumentuar se X nuk kishte dhënë informacione të caktuara në lidhje me llogaritë e rreme. Kompania paditi Musk për t'i kërkuar atij të përfundojë marrëveshjen.
Pas disa muajsh grindje ligjore, plani i miliarderit për të blerë platformën e mediave sociale u realizua dhe Musk mori kontrollin e kompanisë më 28 tetor 2022.
Kompania u riemërua X vitin e ardhshëm.
Musk është personi më i pasur në botë, një titull që ai e ka mbajtur në pika të ndryshme që nga fillimi i vitit 2021. Ai ndërron rregullisht vendet me themeluesin e Amazon, Jeff Bezos dhe biznesmenin francez Bernard Arnault, i cili është themeluesi dhe CEO i konglomeratit të mallrave luksoze LVMH.
Sipas listës së miliarderëve në kohë reale të Forbes , Musk ka vlerë 465 miliardë dollarë që nga 18 dhjetori 2024. Vlerësimi i Bloomberg është pak më i lartë, duke arritur në total pasurinë e Musk në rreth 468 miliardë dollarë . Për shkak se pjesa më e madhe e vlerës së tij neto është e lidhur në magazinë, pasuria e Musk është shumë e ndryshueshme.
Much of Musk's wealth stems from his Tesla stock and options, which the Washington Post reported to be worth about $120 million as of June 2024. That number is likely even higher now, as Bloomberg reported that the stock of Tesla were up 34 percent in the week - plus after the November 2024 election.
Musk's first major financial gain came through the sale of Zip2 in 1999, which netted him $22 million for his stock. He invested that money in X.com, which turned into a $165 million after eBay bought the renamed PayPal in 2002 and allowed Musk to make his first billion. /CNA
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