Long before he became the face of Tesla, SpaceX, and X, Elon Musk was just a curious 12-year-old in South Africa—writing code for a simple video game called Blastar, which he sold for $500. That early spark of innovation would grow into a relentless drive to shape the future of humanity.

Born in 1971, Musk showed an early aptitude for technology and science. While other kids played sports, he buried himself in books and computers. By his teens, he had already taught himself programming and dreamed of exploring space.

After moving to North America, Musk attended Queen’s University and later transferred to the University of Pennsylvania. But rather than finish a Ph.D. at Stanford, he dropped out after two days—opting instead to dive into the dot-com boom.

His first major success was Zip2, a city guide software company he sold for nearly $300 million. He reinvested that money into X.com, which later became PayPal and was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion.

But Musk didn’t stop there. With the profits, he founded SpaceX in 2002 to make space travel more affordable, and Tesla in 2004 to revolutionize the electric vehicle industry—both ventures met with skepticism at first but now stand as titans of innovation.

Today, Elon Musk is one of the most influential figures of the 21st century. From launching reusable rockets to building a brain-machine interface with Neuralink, or developing the underground Hyperloop through The Boring Company, his projects push the boundaries of what many thought possible.

While his methods and tweets often spark controversy, no one can deny the scale of his ambition—or the impact he’s had on the world.

From a boy with a game idea to a man shaping humanity’s path to Mars, Elon Musk’s journey is one of relentless vision, risk-taking, and an unshakable belief in the power of science and technology.

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