The story of Elon Musk

28 Jun 1971 –

Elon Musk. Entrepreneur; founder and CEO of SpaceX, CEO of Tesla. Citizen of Canada. Born in Pretoria.

Family. Errol Musk, father. Kimbal Musk, brother: founded Zip2 (Nov 1995); board member of Tesla (Apr 2004 –); board member of SpaceX. Maye Musk, mother.

1995

Elon Musk founded Zip2. Co-founder.

2002

Elon Musk founded SpaceX.

Since 2002: Elon Musk, citizen of the United States.

Since May 2002: Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX.

2004

Elon Musk invested in Tesla. Early investor; board chair from April 2004.

Widely reported as the lead investor in Tesla’s 2004 Series A round; the 2010 S-1 confirms his board role from April 2004 and calls him Tesla’s largest stockholder.

Oct 2008 –

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla.

19 Apr 2012

Elon Musk signed the Giving Pledge.

2015

Dec 2015: Elon Musk founded OpenAI. Co-chair.

Elon Musk funded OpenAI. Donor.

One of the launch donors; together they committed $1 billion. A pledge, not money received; amounts per donor were not given.

Dec 2015 – Feb 2018: Elon Musk, board member of OpenAI. Co-chair.

2016 – Sep 2020

Elon Musk funded OpenAI. Donor, $44M.

Musk’s lawsuit says more than $44 million; OpenAI says less than $45 million. Both put it at about $44 million.

2018

27 Sep 2018: Elon Musk, charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Securities fraud.

29 Sep 2018: Elon Musk settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. $20M, without admitting or denying the SEC’s allegations.

He also agreed to step down as Tesla’s chairman.

A charge is an accusation, not a finding of guilt.

Elon Musk founded PayPal.

Elon Musk owns a stake in Tesla.

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