The whole world knows Elon Musk, the richest man in the world right now;
He is an investor, engineer, inventor, founder and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla.
He also co-founded the famous cash trading company PayPal.
In his article, published by "startuptalky", writer Dave Gupta said that Musk is back in the spotlight again after the offer to buy Twitter for $ 44 billion, and since many people do not know a lot of interesting information about this billionaire Here are the top 10 interesting facts about Elon Musk that you haven't heard of yet.
Elon Musk tried to sell Tesla to Google
Elon Musk is famous for being the owner of "Tesla", which produces electric cars of the future and generates billions of dollars in profits.
However, can you imagine Tesla becoming a subsidiary of Google?
In 2013, when Tesla was on the verge of bankruptcy, Elon Musk tried to sell the electric car giant to Google. Musk was an old friend of Google CEO Larry Page;
So he asked his friend to buy Tesla for $6 billion, and Musk also had some other demands such as Google providing $5 billion for factory expenses.
He also demanded that Google provide a guarantee that the company will not close unless they build a third-generation electric car, and Musk also wanted to run the company for 8 years.
Apple gets a chance to buy Tesla
Elon Musk also tried to sell Tesla to the tech giant Apple.
In 2018, during the manufacture of the Tesla Model 3, Musk was facing a huge production problem. At the time, he tried to set up a meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook in order to discuss whether they could buy Tesla (for a tenth of the current value), but Tim Cook refused to meet him.
Traveling at 750 mph through tubes
In 2013;
Musk promoted the concept of the Hyperloop, a high-speed ground transportation system made up of partially sealed and partially deflated tubes, in which passengers travel in pressurized vehicles called pods. These capsules do not have ordinary wheels;
Rather, air skates.
He turned his house into a nightclub to pay the rent
In 1992, Musk was studying at the University of Pennsylvania on a scholarship, during which time he and a roommate rented a house off campus and turned it into a nightclub, charging $5 for each person he entered.
Elon Musk drops out of Stanford University
In 1995, when Musk was 24, he enrolled at Stanford University for a Ph.D. program in physics;
However, he left Stanford within two days and, with a penchant for the Internet, launched his first company, Zip2.
Elon Musk's first startup
In 1995, Musk and his brother Kimball launched the first startup "Zip 2", with the goal of helping the media and newspapers develop within the world of the web and the Internet, and Compaq Computer Corporation bought this company for $ 350 million.
In 1999, Musk used some of that money to develop X.COM, an online bank.
In 2001 the company's name was changed to PayPal, and later, in 2002, this company was bought by eBay for $1.5 billion.
Invented a space-themed computer game at the age of 12
Elon Musk has been obsessed with space since he was young. At just 12 years old, he created a code for the computer "shooter" game Plaster, and sold the game code for $500 to a computer magazine.
Elon Musk bought a James Bond submarine for $997,000
In 2013, Elon Musk bought James Bond's classic Lotus Esri submarine car for $997,000 at an auction in London. In fact, do not turn into a submarine was disappointed.
Established a private school in "SpaceX" for the children of its employees
Musk believed that the regular schools were not offering programs that were important to him;
So in 2014, he launched his own school on SpaceX called Ad Astra that children of company employees can study at.
In this school, students are not grouped according to their age.
According to Musk, each student has different competencies and abilities, which is why education must meet their needs rather than force them to learn at the same speed as other students, and there is no grading system and everything is taught in the form of games.
Robert Downey Jr. met Musk for inspiration
When Musk first appeared in the Marvel cinematic universe in the movie Iron Man, people speculated that Musk was the inspiration for Tony Stark, because Robert Downey Jr's character is very similar to Elon Musk, both of whom are from Super smart billionaires.