On May on June 28, 1971, Elon Musk was born. Elon Musk is South African born. He is a American entrepreneur and businessman. He make a multimillionaire when he sold his start up company in his 20's. His start up company was called Zip2. He is the founder of Xcom and Space X. In 2012 space X launch a rocket  that would send the first commercial vehicle to the space station. At age 17 he attended Queen's university. He then left in 1992 to study business and study physics at the University of Phildelphia He then graduated with an undergraduate degree in economics and stayed for a second bachelor’s degree in physics. Elon Musk then headed to Stanford University in California to pursue a PhD in energy physics. His move was during the time of the internet boom and he dropped out of Stanford after just two days so he can become part of this boom, launching his first company, Zip2 Corporation. An online city guide, Zip2 was soon providing content for the new websites of both The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. In 1999, a division of Compaq Computer Corporation bought Zip2 for $307 million in cash and $34 million in stock options. His contributions have been monumental in developing the electric car and also developing a wireless payment app.