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https://www.businessinsider.co.za/how-elon-musks-family-came-to-own-an-emerald-mine-2018-2 https://www.businessinsider.co.za/how-elon-musks-family-came... TL;D
by Cederfjard 4y ago
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/how-elon-musks-family-came-to-own-an-emerald-mine-2018-2 https://www.businessinsider.co.za/how-elon-musks-family-came...
TL;DR: In the 80s, Elon’s father sold a plane for $80k, half in cash, and the rest for 50% of a Zambian emerald mine. He had it for six years and made some good money off it, but probably not a ludicrous amount. One can imagine there being exploitative working conditions in that mine, given the time and place, but I don’t have any real knowledge on the matter.
- Chris2048 4y agoThe source is musks father, and Elon disputes what he claims.
- Cederfjard 4y agohttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1375214071809642496 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1375214071809642496 https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/i-talked-to-elon-musk-about-journalism https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/i-talked-to-elon-mus... This is what I could find with a quick search regarding what Elon himself claims. I had a skim and it doesn’t seem to necessarily contradict the article I linked or my summary (perhaps depending on your definition of ”good money”). There probably was an emerald mine, and yeah it probably didn’t yield enough for Musk’s father to have the family set for life or anything like that.
- Chris2048 4y agoHere's a tweet from Elon: "... There’s no evidence whatsoever of an “emerald mine”" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1375212880790913025 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1375212880790913025 and more detailed article: https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/i-talked-to-elon-musk-about-journalism https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/i-talked-to-elon-mus...