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Elon Musk

  Elon Musk, born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, is a prominent entrepreneur known for his transformative ventures in various industries. 1 Early Life and Education: Musk displayed an early interest in computers, teaching himself programming at age 10 and selling a video game he created at 12.2 He moved to Canada at 17 to attend Queen's University and later transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned dual bachelor's degrees in economics and physics.3 He briefly enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Stanford University but left after two days to pursue his entrepreneurial ambitions in the burgeoning internet industry.4 Major Ventures and Accomplishments: Zip2 and PayPal: In 1995, he co-founded Zip2, a software company providing online city guides to newspapers, which was sold to Compaq in 1999. 5 He then co-founded X.com, an online financial services company that later merged to become PayPal, acquired by eBay in 2002. 6 SpaceX: Driven by his vision ...