25 Things You Didnt Know About Elon Musk
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00:00 Hey and welcome to the rich rabbit.
00:04 Today we have a very interesting video for you lovely folks out there.
00:09 Elon Musk, the famous CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is not the most private about his life.
00:16 But there is still a lot that many don't know about the space obsessed billionaire.
00:22 After the innovator made history with his company SpaceX, let's take a look at 25 interesting
00:28 facts about the Silicon Valley mogul.
00:31 Today Elon Musk is estimated to have a net worth of 87 billion dollars and is the fifth
00:38 richest person in the world according to Forbes.
00:42 But in his early days, he used to survive on a single dollar a day by buying food from
00:48 the nearby supermarket.
00:50 When Musk arrived in the US, he consumed hot dogs and oranges to survive.
00:57 These days he recalls his earlier period in life with humor, saying that mixing hot dogs
01:03 with pasta and oranges and adding a little green pepper could help in improving the taste.
01:11 That's quite an interesting recipe Elon, but I'll pass.
01:16 At the tender age of 9, Musk taught himself the basics of computer programming.
01:23 Within the next three years, he was able to develop a PC game called Blastar, which was
01:29 sold to Computer Magazine for $500.
01:33 This game is still available and you can play it anytime.
01:37 And at 9, some of us can barely tie our shoelaces.
01:42 Musk earned his two bachelor degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and after that
01:47 moved to California where he studied physics at Stanford.
01:52 But after two days, he dropped out of the university and made his first company namely
01:57 Zip2 Corporation.
01:59 This proved to be a big break for him and made way for the start of a successful story.
02:06 Musk is taking a total compensation package of $40,000 per month from Tesla Motors.
02:13 Surprisingly, he never cashes the check.
02:16 He believes that Tesla Motors is still in its initial phase of development and has a
02:21 long way to go.
02:23 Therefore, financial constraints should be applied to such a company.
02:28 He is also the co-founder of the company and owns 35 million shares.
02:33 During his college days at the University of Pennsylvania, he decided to leave student
02:38 housing to live separately in a bigger house, that is, off the campus.
02:43 To pay the rent, he decided to turn it into a nightclub.
02:47 And sure enough, this idea proved to be a great success.
02:51 And the house-turned-nightclub started attracting a thousand patrons every night.
02:57 Musk is no stranger to the entertainment industry.
03:00 He has appeared in several television shows, including The Big Bang Theory and The Simpsons.
03:07 Musk has also produced several movies, including the 2005 film Thank You for Smoking, which
03:13 he produced with PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.
03:18 It may be hard to imagine, but a young Musk was a victim to severe bullying.
03:23 As a young child growing up in South Africa, Musk reported that he was bullied throughout
03:29 his childhood.
03:30 He was even hospitalized once after a group of mean lads threw him down a flight of stairs.
03:37 Not cool guys, not cool.
03:40 His father, Errol Musk, was once tried and acquitted of manslaughter.
03:45 The senior Musk shot and killed three men after they attempted to break into his Johannesburg
03:52 home.
03:53 Musk's mother, May, has recently revived her modeling career.
03:57 She is a registered dietitian and released a book titled A Woman Makes a Plan, Advice
04:03 for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty and Success in 2019.
04:08 Believe it or not, Musk was so quiet in his childhood that his parents thought he was
04:13 deaf.
04:14 It's been reported that Musk read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica by age 9.
04:20 Musk has claimed that he would have named the company Faraday if they had not been able
04:25 to secure the rights to Tesla.
04:27 This name is after British scientist Michael Faraday, who was born in what is now Elephant
04:32 and Castle in 1791.
04:35 Jon Favreau, director of the Iron Man films, admitted that his version of Tony Stark is
04:41 inspired by Elon Musk.
04:43 Musk even made a cameo in the second film, and some of the movie was filmed at SpaceX
04:49 headquarters.
04:51 Musk is a workaholic by his own admission.
04:54 Between all of his companies, he works between 80 to 100 hours a week.
04:59 His 18-hour day doesn't even include a lunch break.
05:03 He eats his lunch every day while answering emails or taking meetings.
05:08 And some of my co-workers take hours just to finish their sandwich.
05:12 I'm looking at you, Judy.
05:14 Now Musk is convinced that reality as we know it is more than meets the eye.
05:20 Musk has stated on several occasions that he believes that our reality is a computer
05:25 simulation similar to the Matrix.
05:28 Musk thinks that there is as little as one in a billion chance that we are living in
05:33 base reality.
05:35 The 1977 James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me, featured a custom submarine in the shape
05:41 of a Lotus car.
05:43 This vehicle is called the Wet Nelly.
05:45 In 2013, Musk purchased the Wet Nelly for almost a million.
05:50 He plans to use Tesla Motors technology to make the submarine car functional.
05:56 Hell yeah!
05:57 In 2010, Musk was awarded the Gold Space Medal from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale,
06:05 or FAI, the highest honor in the air and space world.
06:10 Prior winners of this award include famous American astronauts Neil Armstrong and John
06:15 Glenn.
06:16 For a college dropout, Musk has done pretty well for himself.
06:20 As we've mentioned already, Musk dropped out of the PhD program at Stanford after studying
06:26 for just two days.
06:27 And a year later, he sold his first company.
06:31 But did we mention that he pulled in a cool profit of $22 million from that sale?
06:36 Well there you go.
06:38 Musk has been married three times twice to the same woman.
06:42 In 2010, Musk married actress Tallulah Riley.
06:46 The two were divorced in 2012, married again in 2013, and then divorced yet again in 2016.
06:54 Talk about a roller coaster ride!
06:56 Did you know Tesla's Model X has a very strange feature?
07:01 A biohazard defense mode.
07:03 The Model X is equipped with an air filter that is almost 900 times stronger than the
07:09 average car.
07:11 According to Musk, this feature will come in handy if there is ever an apocalypse situation.
07:17 Top Gear might be one of the most popular shows on television, but Mr. Musk is no fan.
07:24 Tesla Motors once sued the show claiming that it falsely showed a Tesla car running out
07:30 of power.
07:31 Sadly for Musk, he did not win this lawsuit.
07:35 Although he doesn't drink or do drugs, Musk is a bit of a video game addict.
07:39 He is a big fan of first person shooter games.
07:43 In college, Musk would go through video game binges that spanned over multiple days.
07:49 When Musk began his career as an entrepreneur, he set out to accomplish the following goals.
07:55 Make internet banking easier, stop global warming, and make humans a multi-planetary
08:01 species.
08:02 He seems to be well on his way to accomplishing these goals through his business endeavors.
08:07 So far, he has created PayPal, Tesla Motors, SolarCity, and SpaceX.
08:14 Musk is known for his business acumen.
08:16 However, business is not really his true passion.
08:21 He sees it as a means to support his scientific endeavors.
08:25 What he truly loves is to solve complex engineering problems.