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Factsheet

• Son of a South African father and a Canadian mother.
• Coded a video game at the age of 12, which he sold for 500 dollars.
• Moved to Canada at the age of 17 to study at Queen's University, and moved to the U.S. two years later after transferring to the University of Pennsylvania.
• Dropped out of Stanford University, where he was going to begin a Ph.D., to pursue a business career.
• Applied for a job at Netscape but never got a response.
• His first son died 10 weeks after he was born.
• Has twins and triplets with ex-wife Justine Wilson.
• Co-founder of SpaceX, Tesla, Inc., The Boring Company, Neuralink and OpenAI.