![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The actual details of Musk’s ascent are more complicated. He is now, quite arguably, the most successful and important entrepreneur in the world. Then he moved west to Silicon Valley and began to build and sell companies. Not long after, Musk switched to the University of Pennsylvania to study economics and physics. His wealth at the moment is estimated by Forbes to be around $13 billion, yet Musk emigrated from South Africa to Canada at age 17 with barely enough money to feed himself, living off the kindness of Canadian relatives and working odd jobs - cleaning boilers, cutting wood - before ultimately signing up for undergraduate classes at Queen’s University in Ontario. The 43-year-old Musk is also chairman of SolarCity, the largest American solar power installation company. of the rocket company SpaceX as well as the electric-car company Tesla Motors. This would be Elon Musk, currently the C.E.O. Since the death of Steve Jobs in 2011, only one Silicon Valley titan seems to carry a similar air of dark mystique. ![]()
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