connect the dot

Organization

Zip2

Internet software company that made online city guides and business directories for newspapers; co-founded in 1995 by Elon and Kimbal Musk, bought by Compaq in March 1999.

2 links, 2 backed by primary records

Play the story Explore connections

Dates
1995 – Mar 1999
Also known as
Zip2 Corporation, Zip2 Corp.

Connections 2

founded by

Timeline 3 dates
  1. 1995 – Mar 1999 Zip2
  2. 1995 Elon Musk founded Zip2
  3. Nov 1995 Kimbal Musk founded Zip2
Proof 3 sources
  1. Tesla, Inc. 2025 proxy statement (Schedule 14A), Tesla, 17 Sep 2025. Primary record
    Prior to SpaceX, Mr. Musk co-founded PayPal, an electronic payment system, which was acquired by eBay in October 2002, and Zip2 Corporation, a provider of Internet enterprise software and services, which was acquired by Compaq in March 1999.
    Previously, Mr. Kimbal Musk was a co-founder of Zip2 Corporation, a provider of Internet enterprise software and services, which was acquired by Compaq in March 1999.
  2. Elon Musk Fast Facts, CNN, 3 Aug 2016. Scholarship & press
    1995 - Musk co-founds Zip2 Corp., a company that develops online city guides.
  3. Tesla Motors, Inc. registration statement (Form S-1), Tesla, 29 Jan 2010. Primary record
    In November 1995, Mr. Musk co-founded Zip2 Corporation, a provider of enterprise software and services, which was acquired by Compaq in March 1999.
Page history 1 change
  1. connect-the-dot: sourced knowledge graph engine, site and contentAlibeka7fa236

Edit this page: content/entities/org/zi/zip2.md