06/28/1971 AD born

The family was very wealthy in Elon's youth; Errol Musk once said, "We had so much money at times we couldn't even close our safe".

After his parents divorced in 1979, Musk mostly lived with his father in Pretoria and elsewhere, a choice he made two years after the divorce and subsequently regretted. Musk has become estranged from his father, whom he describes as "a terrible human being... Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done."

He has a half-sister and a half-brother on his father's side.

Elon attended an Anglican Sunday school in his youth.

Around age 10, Musk developed an interest in computing and video games and acquired a Commodore VIC-20.

He learned computer programming using a manual and, at age 12, sold the code of a BASIC-based video game he created called Blastar to PC and Office Technology magazine for approximately $500.

An awkward and introverted child, Musk was bullied throughout his childhood and was once hospitalized after a group of boys threw him down a flight of stairs. He attended Waterkloof House Preparatory School and Bryanston High School before graduating from Pretoria Boys High School

Pretoria

Lattitude: 25.7461° S
Longitude: 28.188° E
Region: Africa

Modern Day South Africa

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