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'''Elon Musk''' (gebore [[28 Junie]] [[1971]] in [[Pretoria]], [[Suid-Afrika]]) is 'n [[VSA]]-gebaseerde internet- en ruimtelanseringsentrepreneur.<ref>{{Citecite news |url =https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11220326/Elon-Musk-to-launch-fleet-of-internet-satellites.html |title=Elon Musk 'to launch fleet of internet satellites' |date=November 10, November 2014 |accessdateaccess-date=Junie 23, 2015 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |last=Curtis |first=Sophie |quote="Elon Musk, inventor and business magnate" |location=London |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715162827/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11220326/Elon-Musk-to-launch-fleet-of-internet-satellites.html |archive-date=15 Julie 2019 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Hy het [[Suid-Afrika]]anse, [[Kanada|Kanadese]] en [[Verenigde State|Amerikaanse]] burgerskap.
== Vroeë lewe ==
Musk is gebore op 28 Junie 1971 in [[Pretoria]], Transvaal, Suid-Afrika,<ref>{{Webaanhalingcite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1676437/Elon-Musk |title=Elon Musk (South African entrepreneur) |publisher=Britannica Online Encyclopedia |accessdateaccess-date=Desember 23, 2012 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430064108/http://www.britannica.com:80/EBchecked/topic/1676437/Elon-Musk |archive-date=30 April 2015 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> die seun van Maye Musk (''née'' Haldeman), 'n mannekyn en dieetkundige vanaf [[Saskatchewan]], Kanada, en Errol Musk, 'n Suid-Afrikaanse elektromeganiese ingenieur, vlieënier en matroos. Hy het 'n jonger broer, Kimbal (gebore 1972), en 'n jonger suster, Tosca (gebore 1974).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Friend, Tad |title=Plugged In |year=2009 |journal=The New Yorker |volume=85 |issue=23–30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UaAeAQAAMAAJ&q=Maye+Musk+elon+father&dq=Maye+Musk+elon+father |accessdate=December 23, 2012 |page=53}}</ref>
== Aktiwiteite as entrepreneur ==
In Junie 2002 stig Musk sy derde maatskappy, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), waarvan hy tans die uitvoerende hoofbestuurder en hooftegnologiebeampte is. SpaceX ontwikkel en vervaardig ruimtelanseringvuurpyle, met die klem op lae koste en hoë betroubaarheid. Die maatskappy se eerste twee lanseertuie is die Falcon 1 en Falcon 9 vuurpyle.
Musk se persoonlike rykdom word op ongeveer [[VSA-dollar|VS$]] 20,2 miljard geskat deur ''Forbes'' in Augustus 2018.<ref name="forbes">{{Citecite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/ |title=Elon Musk |work=Forbes |access-date=25 Augustus 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415055042/https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/ |archive-date=15 April 2020 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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