Elon Reeve Musk born on June 28, 1971

Obtained Canadian citizenship and moved to Canada

Studied at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario

Earned B.Sc. in Economics (Wharton) and B.Sc. in Physics

Enrolled in Applied Physics PhD at Stanford, dropped out after 2 days to start Zip2

Co-founded Zip2, a city guide software company. Sold to Compaq for $307M

Founded X.com, which merged with Confinity to become PayPal. Sold to eBay for $1.5B

Founded Space Exploration Technologies Corp. with goal of reducing space transportation costs

Joined Tesla Motors as chairman and product architect, later became CEO

SpaceX's Falcon 1 becomes first privately-funded rocket to reach orbit

Tesla Roadster becomes first highway-legal electric vehicle to use lithium-ion batteries

SpaceX Dragon becomes first commercial spacecraft to visit International Space Station

Tesla Model S luxury sedan launched, revolutionizing electric vehicle market

First successful landing of an orbital-class rocket booster

Co-founded OpenAI to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits humanity

Founded Neuralink to develop brain-computer interface technology

Founded tunnel construction company to reduce traffic congestion

Tesla Model 3 mass production begins, making electric vehicles mainstream

SpaceX Falcon Heavy successfully launches, sending Tesla Roadster to space

First batch of Starlink satellites launched for global internet coverage

SpaceX Crew Dragon successfully transports NASA astronauts to ISS

Named TIME Magazine's Person of the Year

Acquired Twitter for $44 billion, later rebranded to X

Founded xAI to understand the true nature of the universe through AI

xAI launched Grok, an AI assistant with real-time knowledge

Tesla begins closed testing of fully autonomous Robotaxi fleet