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The new company took PayPal's name. [13] Musk was its biggest shareholder and was appointed as its CEO. Started in 1998, PayPal enabled users with PalmPilots to send money to each other through the devices' infrared ports. [14] [15] Subsequently, PayPal developed to allow users to send money using email and the web. [15]
How did Elon Musk start making money? Elon Musk began building his fortune by starting the company Zip2. The company was acquired by Compaq in 1999 for $307 million, of which a 27-year-old Musk ...
Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n m ʌ s k /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and U.S. special government employee, best known for his key roles in Tesla, Inc. and SpaceX, and his ownership of Twitter. Musk is the wealthiest individual in the world; as of February 2025, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$397 billion.
Elon Musk made $175.8 million when PayPal was sold to eBay in October 2002. [9] He was first listed on the Forbes Billionaires List in 2012, with a net worth of $2 billion. [4] Musk paid $455 million in taxes on $1.52 billion of income between 2014 and 2018. [10] According to ProPublica, Musk paid no federal income taxes in 2018. [11]
Elon Musk didn't attend a state court hearing over his $1 million-a-day giveaway. Musk was ordered to attend the hearing and later asked the case be heard in federal court instead.
A Philadelphia judge has explained why he didn't shut down Musk's $1M-a-day sweepstakes last week.
In 2010, Musk's calculations convinced him that the colonization of Mars was possible. [61] In June 2013, Musk used the descriptor Mars Colonial Transporter to refer to the privately funded development project to design and build a spaceflight system of rocket engines, launch vehicles and space capsules to transport humans to Mars and return to ...
Musk’s PAC has awarded at least $10 million to petition signers so far, with at least five winners from Pennsylvania alone. The prizes have also gone to Republican voters in Arizona, Michigan ...