Elon musk was born on June 28 1971 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. When he was 10 he taught himself computer programming and by 12 he sold the code for a game he had built for $500 which is equivalent to $1,200 Today, in 2004 he started to help with a car company named Tesla Motors which is one of the only electric only car companies in the world right now, in 2006, Elon musk came up with the initial concept of SolarCity which was later co founded by his cousins, SolarCity is now the second largest provider of solar power in the United States, his motivation for funding both SolarCity and Tesla is the combat Global warming, in 2013 Elon musk unveiled a proposal for a new form of transport between the greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay area, it was named Hyper Loop, it is supposed to use subsonic air travel and would theoretically make it possible for commuter to travel between the cities in under 35 minutes which is faster than commercial airplane. Elon musk believes that not only can big businesses become eco friendly and still turn a profit but by being eco friendly we change the world for every one making it a better place to live.
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