I've seen this "Elon comes from stolen emerald money" story a lot, but as best I can tell, the following is true: - Elon's father claims in the mid-80s he boug

I've seen this "Elon comes from stolen emerald money" story a lot, but as best I can tell, the following is true: - Elon's father claims in the mid-80s he bought a partial stake in an emerald mine in Zambia. There is no paper trail of this ownership, so we are taking his dad at his word here. - Zambia was already independent at the time and in no way an apartheid state. The ruling party was ideologically socialist and African nationalist. - This partial ownership of the mine obviously did not make Elon a super wealthy kid, as he moved to Canada for university, gradudated with $100K in student debt, and according to roommates and friends at the time, he was notoriously frugal. So it seems like even if Elon's father is telling the truth here and the mine even existed, that wealth didn't seem to be significant enough to give Elon a huge boost when he came to North America. There are definitely a ton of things to criticize Elon for, but I am not sure the emeralds is one of them.