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Not him, but I seriously want to know how rich Elon Musk's family is. He never worked a day at a conventional job in his life - this is a huge luxury.

_Microft 6y ago
If Ashlee Vance's biography of Musk can be trusted, he worked different jobs as ancillary worker doing things like selling fruits, cleaning grain silos or even ovens in a factory. As student he is said to have hosted parties for students in a house he and a fellow student had rented to pay for the rent (same source).
- throw1234651234 6y ago
  Not trolling, but the second point casts doubt on it all, given that I have a hard time imagining Musk hosting parties, let alone getting people to pay for them. This is also pre-hair, pre-money Elon Musk we are talking about.
  - _Microft 6y ago
    I won't be looking up the page in the book for you but here is a search result instead: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/09/elon-musk-ran-a-nightclub-out-of-his-college-house-to-pay-for-rent.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/09/elon-musk-ran-a-nightclub-ou...
    - throw1234651234 6y ago
      No, I believe you, I am questioning the book itself. Either way, thanks for the link.
iso1631 6y ago
It is, but there's way over a million families in america with a net worth over $10 million. Bezos is rich. He started a rocket company. Blue Origin has done nowhere near what spacex has done, and that difference isn't down to just throwing money at a problem. Don't get me wrong, throwing money at the problem is important, but it's just one ingredient. There are some rich people who have made a difference -- Bill Gates comes to mind as someone that put money and effort in. Chuck Feeney on the "throw money at a problem" side. But for every Bill Gates there's a Larry Elison, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergy Brin, and dozens more that don't seem to do much. When it comes to the next generation down, it's even rarer to find kids who are driven to make such a success.

_Microft 6y ago

If Ashlee Vance's biography of Musk can be trusted, he worked different jobs as ancillary worker doing things like selling fruits, cleaning grain silos or even ovens in a factory. As student he is said to have hosted parties for students in a house he and a fellow student had rented to pay for the rent (same source).

throw1234651234 6y ago
Not trolling, but the second point casts doubt on it all, given that I have a hard time imagining Musk hosting parties, let alone getting people to pay for them. This is also pre-hair, pre-money Elon Musk we are talking about.
- _Microft 6y ago
  I won't be looking up the page in the book for you but here is a search result instead: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/09/elon-musk-ran-a-nightclub-out-of-his-college-house-to-pay-for-rent.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/09/elon-musk-ran-a-nightclub-ou...
  - throw1234651234 6y ago
    No, I believe you, I am questioning the book itself. Either way, thanks for the link.

iso1631 6y ago

It is, but there's way over a million families in america with a net worth over $10 million. Bezos is rich. He started a rocket company. Blue Origin has done nowhere near what spacex has done, and that difference isn't down to just throwing money at a problem. Don't get me wrong, throwing money at the problem is important, but it's just one ingredient. There are some rich people who have made a difference -- Bill Gates comes to mind as someone that put money and effort in. Chuck Feeney on the "throw money at a problem" side. But for every Bill Gates there's a Larry Elison, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergy Brin, and dozens more that don't seem to do much. When it comes to the next generation down, it's even rarer to find kids who are driven to make such a success.