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Early Life and Education<\/h2>\n

Elon Musk was born in 1971,the youngest of three sons in Pretoria,South Africa.At the age of 12,he finished the same college level course when he was attending a local high school,before going on to attend the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 17.He received bachelor’s degrees in economics and physics,graduating with highest honors.<\/p>\n

Musk initially set out to become a physicist;however,his interests soon shifted toward business and technology.In 1995,he relocated to Silicon Valley to begin his entrepreneurial journey. <\/p>\n

Early Entrepreneurial Ventures<\/h2>\n

In 1995,Musk co-founded Zip2,which provided online content publishing tools for media companies.Two years later,he sold the company to Compaq for $307 million.From there,Musk co-founded X.com,which later became the online payments service PayPal.In 2002,eBay purchased PayPal for $1.5 billion.<\/p>\n

Musk would then go on to launch aerospace manufacturer SpaceX and electric car maker Tesla in 2004 and 2003,respectively.He also founded the not-for-profit organization OpenAI,which focuses on advancing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity.<\/p>\n

Driving Innovation in the Modern World<\/h2>\n