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.