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Elon Musk is a business magnate, industrial designer, and engineer. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1971. He received an undergraduate degree in economics and physics from the University of Pennsylvania, and then went on to attend graduate school at Stanford University, where he intended to pursue a Ph.D. in energy physics. However, he dropped out of the program after only two days to pursue his entrepreneurial ambitions.
Musk is the founder and CEO of SpaceX, a company that designs and manufactures space launch vehicles with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, Inc., a company that designs and manufactures electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and solar panel manufacturing. In addition, Musk is the founder of The Boring Company, which is focused on building infrastructure for high-speed underground transit.
Musk has also been involved in several other ventures, including the creation of a brain-computer interface company called Neuralink, and the development of a high-speed transportation system called the Hyperloop. He is known for his ambitious plans and his outspoken personality, and he has often been the subject of public controversy. Despite this, he remains a highly influential figure in the technology industry, and his companies have had a significant impact on the development of sustainable energy and space exploration.
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