7 Things you didn't know about Elon Musk
#1 Elon Musk lived in South Africa as a child
Elon Musk was born in 1971 as the son of a South African engineer and a Canadian model in Pretoria. His childhood was overshadowed by the apartheid regime in South Africa, with bloody clashes between blacks and whites, and political isolation from the rest of the world. Here Biographer Ashlee Vance sees one of the reasons for Musk's conviction that humanity needs to be saved. At the age of 17, Musk emigrated to Canada and eventually came to the United States as an exchange student.
#2 Elon Musk is afraid of killer robots
Elon Musk is worrying about that Google founder Larry Page could develop robots with artificial intelligence, which are able to destroy mankind.
#3 Elon Musk is a workaholic - and a tough boss
No wonder that Musk is a workaholic: the 43-year-old works 80 to 85 hours a week. He also demanded complete dedication to the job from his employees: "This is no excuse. I am extremely disappointed, "he said to a co-worker who had missed a company event - to be present at the birth of his child.
#4 Elon Musk has been an entrepreneur since he was 12 years old
Elon Musk realized his first business idea at an age when other children prefer to play football: he programmed the space shuttle ball game "Blastar". He sold the code for the video game to a computer magazine for around 500 dollars.
#5 Elon Musk was on the verge of bankruptcy
In March 2013, Musk was about to sell Tesla to Google founder Larry Page. The electric car company was about to go bankrupt, there should have been a takeover plan. To date, despite increasing sales, the company still loosing millions.
#6 Elon Musk has two ex-women, twins and triplets
Three marriages, three divorces: Elon Musk's marriage is less successful than the history of his company foundations. The British actress Talulah Riley married Musk even twice, but both times the marriage did not hold. With his ex-wife number 1, the writer Justine Musk, he has five sons: ten-year-old twins and eight-year-old twins
#7 Elon Musk sleeps at Larry Page on the sofa
Even if he could afford it, when Elon Musk is in San Francisco, he doesn't take a hotel room. He stays with friends, for example, Google Founder Larry Page.