Elon Musk Turns 51, Here Are 5 Facts About Him

VIVA – Elon Reeve Musk or Elon Musk is one of the richest people in the world with a fortune of US $ 212 billion. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa on June 28, 1971. Today, June 28, 2022, Elon Musk turns 51 years old. Elon Musk is well known for his brilliant brain and decision.

It can be seen from his hugely successful SpaceX and Tesla companies.

Well, behind his success, it turns out that Musk has several other unique things about him, for example, Elon does not have a luxurious and permanent home. He mostly sleeps in a SpaceX dorm, at a friend's house, or a hotel.

Here are 5 unusual facts about Elon Musk that are rarely known:

1. Only 2 Days Lecture at Stanford

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Elon Musk.

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• Teslarati.com

After completing his education at Pennsylvania University, it turned out that Musk had attended Stanford in 1995. He took a study program in Applied Physics. However, in the midst of the start of his new 2-day course, Musk really liked and followed the development of the internet and finally he applied for leave.

Initially, Musk only wanted to take a semester or six months off, but in the end, he never returned to college and started a company called Zip2. The company was so successful that it was bought by Compaq four years after it was founded.

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Iron Man alias Tony Stark di Avengers: Endgame.

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• Marvel Studios

When Iron Man director and writer Jon Favreau designed the main character Tony Stark, he consulted with actor Robert Downey Jr., the actor who will play Iron Man.

Downey also suggested Jon Favreau meet Elon Musk. Then, Jon Favreau made up the character of Tony Stark by looking at the character and life of Elon Musk. In fact, several scenes in Iron Man 2 are set at SpaceX and Elon Musk was a cameo in the film.

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Elon Musk.

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• Bos Hunting

Turns out, Elon Musk has been a victim of bullying. This fact happened when Elon Musk was a kid.

At that time, he was still studying in Pretoria, South Africa. Little Musk was the youngest, youngest, and nerdy student. Musk was beaten and pushed off stairs, which resulted in him being hospitalized. He was bullied until he was 15 years old. Later, Musk learned self-defense to defend himself.

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Elon Musk.

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• Pixabay

Elon Musk has a hobby of reading books, because he enjoys reading, at the age of 9 Musk has read the entire encyclopedia.

Musk also reads various types of literature, from novels, comics to non-fiction books. Elon Musk spends at least 10 hours per day reading books. Musk gets a lot of inspiration and pleasure from these books.

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Pendiri dan Kepala Eksekutif SpaceX, Elon Musk.

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• YouTube

Long before making cutting-edge technology as it is today, young Elon Musk apparently made video games. When he was 12 years old, Musk created a video game called Blastar. Then the code from Blastar was sold by Elon Musk for US$500.

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Initially, Musk only wanted to take a semester or six months off, but in the end, he never returned to college and started a company called Zip2. The company was so successful that it was bought by Compaq four years after it was founded.