Elon Musk and his father, Errol Musk, they do not get along. Even the father of the richest man in the world admitted in an interview a few months ago that he is more proud of his son Kimbal (Elon’s younger brother) than of his firstborn.
When talking about Musk, It has always been said that he was really lucky with his ventures as the son of a businessman who owns emerald mines in South Africa. But little is said about how his mother Maye Musk had to run away with Elon and his brothers because Errol was physically abusing her.
Musk even said in a 2018 interview that his father “was an evil man” and that he “has done every bad thing you can think of.”
Errol Musk was not so successful: his son
Despite Elon Musk’s statements, his critics continue to point out that he was lucky because of his father’s fortune.
Recently, Robert Reich, a professor at Berkeley, made a post on Twitter claiming that Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates actually had a lot of resources and connections before they got started.
The richest man in the world responded to the professor by telling him that he was “an idiot and a liar”. He then responded to other users’ comments about the emerald mine and how his father helped him, saying, “Errol ran out of money in the 90’s. My brother and I have supported him and his extended family in South Africa financially since. then on the condition that he didn’t do bad things. Unfortunately, he did bad things 🙁 “.
Errol ran out of money in the 90’s. My brother & I financially supported him & his extended family from him in South Africa since then on condition that he did not do bad things. Unfortunately, I did do bad things 🙁
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 21, 2022
Elon Musk founded X.com, a financial services company in 1998. This company would eventually become PayPal. He later founded SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Company, and Neuralink. Today he has a fortune estimated at 219 billion dollars.
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