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Overview and Context<\/h2>\n

Elon Musk is an inspiring innovator, entrepreneur, engineer and inventor with a long list of accomplishments to his name, from creating Zip2, an online city-guide provider and software developer to engineering the aerospace company, SpaceX. He is also the founder, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors, a company specializing in electric cars and energy storage devices. From PayPal, to SolarCity, and Hyperloop, Musk has changed the way we think of technology and business, inspiring us to push the boundaries of what is possible and opening up new possibilities for us to explore.<\/p>\n

Though he is now a well-known global figure, Musk had to start his career from modest beginnings. Musk was born and raised in South Africa in 1971, and he has always had an affinity for the technological and scientific advancement. He attended Queen’s University in Canada for two years and later graduated from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. After graduating, Musk moved to California and started a web software company called Zip2 in 1995 with his brother Kimbal.<\/p>\n

In 1999, Zip2 was sold to Compaq Computers for $307 million. Musk had a very large stake in the company, bringing him a large sum of money. After this success, he set two new goals: to develop space travel technology and to reduce global warming through sustainable energy production. As an early advocate and contributor to the development of electric vehicles, Elon Musk was able to make those goals a reality.<\/p>\n

Launching SpaceX<\/h2>\n

Moving towards his space exploration goal, Musk started launching rockets with his company, SpaceX. SpaceX launched its first rocket in 2006, and quickly became a leader in space transportation services for satellite launches and resupply missions for the International Space Station (ISS). His success in rocket launches have made him the face of modern space exploration, eventually leading to the historic manned mission from US soil since 2011. The mission lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center’s historic pad 39A in May 2020, bringing the US a step closer to colonizing Mars.<\/p>\n