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The Musk's families wealth is common knowledge and widely reported[0][1][2]. But more to the point Elon and Kimbal's dad funded Zip2, which completely undercut
by Someone1234 6y ago
The Musk's families wealth is common knowledge and widely reported[0][1][2]. But more to the point Elon and Kimbal's dad funded Zip2, which completely undercuts your point.
> In Ashlee Vance's biography of Elon Musk, it is claimed that the Musks' father, Errol Musk, provided them with US$28,000 during this time, but Elon Musk later denied this. He later clarified that his dad provided around 10% of US$200,000 as part of a later funding round.
[0] https://www.businessinsider.co.za/elon-musk-sells-the-family-emeralds-in-new-york-2018-2 https://www.businessinsider.co.za/elon-musk-sells-the-family...
[1] https://www.insidehook.com/article/history/errol-musk-elon-father-myths https://www.insidehook.com/article/history/errol-musk-elon-f...
[2] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5513787/Billionaire-space-pioneer-Elon-Musk-branded-father-evil.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5513787/Billionaire...
- kipchak 6y agoThat last bit seems to come from a tweet by Musk, that would be 10% of $200,000 or $20,000 versus the $28,000 in the biography. [1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1211064937004589056 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1211064937004589056
- sixQuarks 6y agoYou’re really grasping at straws here. Even if the articles you linked to are true, that means Elon raised 90% of the initial $200k from outside his family. $20k from his dad is hardly what I would consider wealth privelage, especially after considering what Elon has gone to achieve
- Armisael16 6y agoThe emerald mine story is false, as your second link says. Please stop just regurgitating crap you read on Twitter.
- btian 6y agoMeh $28k is nothing. If you have a credible plan to create a $600B company, I'm happy to personally write you a $200k check.