So, for those at the back of the class.. some myth busting..
Elon Musk's family owned an emerald mine
Elon Musk's family owned an emerald mine
He received a full scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania where he bought a 10-bedrrom frat house with his friend
where he ran an illegal nightclub with his friend Adeo Ressi
After being accepted at Stanford for a PhD program he dropped out after 2 days..
He started Zip2 - a digital version of the yellow pages- with his brother Kimbal and their father's business associate Greg Kouri
They had to hire software engineers to clean up Musk's code
They had to hire software engineers to clean up Musk's code
Zip2 was then sold to Compaq for $307M who later shut it down without ever earning a profit
Compaq? 🤔
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Compaq? 🤔
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Elon claims he founded PayPal
Before the company was named PayPal it's name was Confinity, founded in 1998 by Peter Thiel and Max Levchin
Before the company was named PayPal it's name was Confinity, founded in 1998 by Peter Thiel and Max Levchin
Elon's 'power struggles' cause the exceutive team at PayPal to fire him
Part of Musk's resignation agreement stipulated that all references to founders of the company be removed from the company's website
allowing Musk to claim credit
allowing Musk to claim credit
Peter Thiel went public with PayPal and sold the company to eBay for $1.5Bn
eBay? Where to start..
eBay? Where to start..
Elon took his share of the profits and then invested in Tesla, SpaceX and Solar City
The ACTUAL founders of Tesla were
The ACTUAL founders of Tesla were
Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard
Tesla founders, 2003
Tesla founders, 2003
Musk joined Tesla on the condition that he be named Chairman of the Board
Musk eventually forced Eberhard out of the company and rewrote the company's history to have himself listed as an original co-founder
Eberhard was promised the first Tesla Roadstar off the assembly line but...
instead of honoring that agreement Musk sent that car into space
"You can tell it's real, because it looks so fake.. honestly.." Elon Musk
"So, who is Elon Musk?
His father has been accused of being a pedophile and fathered a child with his stepdaughter who is 42 years younger"
His father has been accused of being a pedophile and fathered a child with his stepdaughter who is 42 years younger"
Musk wants to put computer chips in everyone's brain so we can merge with AI
'Grimes brags that embracing AI could lead to a communist utopia' 😂
Maybe she should pick up a history book or two.. or don't Homo Technos read ?
Maybe she should pick up a history book or two.. or don't Homo Technos read ?
'Former Nazi and head of NASA Werner von Braun predicted a man named Elon would conquer Mars in a 1952 novel' 🙄
NASA .. where to start?
NASA .. where to start?
'NASA has partnered with SpaceX to work towards colonizing the Red Planet'
Y'all know that there's a Mars lab in Hawaii, right? 👀
Y'all know that there's a Mars lab in Hawaii, right? 👀
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