Timeline: Elon Musk’s accomplishments

Elon Musk timeline:

• June 28, 1971: Born in South Africa

• Age 12: Creates and writes a video game called Blastar; sells it for the equivalent of $500

• 1988: Graduates from Pretoria Boys High School with distinctions in science and computer studies

• 1989 to 1991: Attends college at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Then transfers to the University of Pennsylvania; completed a BS in Economics (Wharton) and a BA with a major in physics

• 1995: Moves to Silicon Valley; defers graduate program in applied physics and materials science at Stanford University to join the Internet boom

• February 1999: Sells Zip2 to Compaq, the personal computer company, for $307 million, of which $22 million went to Musk. Then forms X.com, which in 2000 morphs into PayPal

• July 2002: eBay acquires PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock, of which $165 million goes to Musk

• 2002: Becomes an American citizen

• 2002: Founds SpaceX9

• 2004: Invests in Tesla Motors

• 2007: SpaceX wins $1.6 billion contract to bring cargo to the International Space Station

• October 2008: Becomes Tesla’s CEO

• Jun 29, 2010: Tesla IPO

• May 2012: SpaceX becomes the first commercial vehicle to deliver a load of supplies to the International Space Station.

• June 2012: Tesla begins deliveries of the all-electric Model S

• August 2013: Releases sketch and concept of the Hyperloop

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