By: Abrar Khan
Children: X Æ A-Xii, Nevada Alexander Musk, Xavier Musk, MORE Education: University of Pennsylvania (1992–1997), MORE Parents: Errol Musk, Maye Musk
“In 2002 Elon Musk got $176 million when PayPal sold to eBay , ” writes Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research. “He reinvested much of that into Tesla , SpaceX, and other startups. Now, he is worth $274 billion.”
Elon Musk cofounded the electronic payment firm PayPal and founded the spacecraft company SpaceX. He became chief executive officer of the electric-car maker Tesla.
Although Grimes and Elon are not married (and are no longer dating, either), Elon has been married multiple times. First, he was married to Canadian author Justine Wilson from 2000 to 2008.
As the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon leads all product design, engineering and global manufacturing of the company's electric vehicles, battery products and solar energy products.