Assez mal informé. Musk a fondé Zip2 avec son frère en 1995. Compaq l'a acheté en 1999 pour 300 M$. Musk a fait 22 M$. Il a fondé PayPal en 1999 qui a été racheté par Ebay en 2002 pour 1.5 G$. Musk a empoché 180 M$ Compaq et Ebay, c'est 'le gouvernement' ? #maillet

Jared, Elon & his brother got a loan of $28,000 from their father to help launch a business that they sold to Compaq in early-1999 for $307 million. If that $28K loan attendance at "elite private schools" explains his success, then many more of us should be just as successful!

I was there the whole time. I made sure he’d always have money. They all betrayed me by January of 2014; they’ve all had cash since eBay acquired PayPal or Compaq acquired Zip2. I’ve had nothing. Elon’s had more support than me despite me having a greater demand load and responsibility. He also holds 4 of my bank accounts and embezzled 95% of my net worth into his trust while denying me a correct payment and contract while using a nominee shareholder and trust structure while exploiting the classified nature of my communications so I can’t sue him for my wealth. Bezos and others did the same.

Elon Musk: How I Became The Real 'Iron Man' (2014 Documentary) Elon Musk’s story, as told in Bloomberg’s Risk Takers documentary, is not a normal startup journey. It starts in South Africa with a kid obsessed with books, computers, and physics. That early curiosity turns into a pattern that follows him for decades. Build something. Push it past what others think is possible. Risk collapse at every stage. Then repeat. Zip2 becomes his first major exit after being sold to Compaq. PayPal follows, scaling through the early internet boom before being sold to eBay for 1.5 billion dollars. Then the stakes change completely. SpaceX is launched with a goal many in aerospace dismissed at the time. Private rockets. Orbit. Then reusable launch systems. Early failures nearly end the company multiple times before it becomes a leader in commercial spaceflight and ISS resupply missions. Tesla follows a similar pattern. Near bankruptcy during the financial crisis. Heavy personal financial risk. Then a shift from niche electric cars to mass market EVs that reshape the global auto industry. SolarCity expands the same theme into energy, pushing solar adoption into mainstream markets. The common thread is not comfort or stability. It is repeated risk at a scale most companies never survive. To supporters, it is proof of relentless execution on massive problems like energy and space. To critics, it raises questions about how much influence one person should concentrate across industries that affect the entire world. Either way, the impact is already locked in. Source: Bloomberg Risk Takers documentary on Elon Musk #ElonMusk #SpaceX #Tesla #PayPal #Business #Technology #Innovation #RiskTakers youtu.be/mh45igK4Esw?is=azd2… via @YouTube

You could've created a whole nother reality with that Sony laptop from PC World 1996, bro. I decided I looked cooler like Zero Cool with my Zip drive and a spray-painted laptop. I just had the regular 386 old-boy Compaq like a corporate poorer. Linus Torval is definitely goated.

Jealous? Co-founded Zip2 (1995): Pioneered online city guides and business directories; sold to Compaq for $307 million in 1999 Co-founded X.com, which became PayPal (1999): Revolutionized online payments; sold to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002, netting Musk significant wealth. Founded SpaceX (2002): Developed reusable rockets (Falcon 1 first privately-funded liquid-fueled rocket to orbit in 2008); achieved first private docking with ISS (2012); pioneered Falcon 9 reusability, Starlink satellite internet, and Starship development. Led Tesla as CEO and major investor (joined 2004): Transformed it into the world's leading electric vehicle company; popularized EVs with models like Roadster, Model S/3/Y; advanced battery tech, Autopilot, and energy storage. Co-founded Neuralink (2016): Advanced brain-machine interface technology for potential medical and human-AI integration breakthroughs. Founded The Boring Company (2016): Innovated underground tunneling for urban transportation solutions. Acquired and rebranded Twitter as X (2022): Transformed the platform into an "everything app" with expanded capabilities. Founded xAI (2023): Pursued advanced AI development to understand the universe. SpaceX milestones (ongoing): Multiple NASA contracts, Crew Dragon human spaceflight, Starship progress toward Mars; SpaceX IPO in 2026 valued it at ~$1.77 trillion. Tesla/SpaceX impact: Accelerated global shift to sustainable energy and multi-planetary goals; Musk recognized for engineering contributions to EVs and rockets.

Well the locker rooms at The Summit/Compaq Center were TINY and it was in front of the home crowd so it made sense.

Guy reminds of that tech CEO (Compaq?) who said that there was no reason why would anyone need a computer at home.

Easy…. Zip2 (1995) – Co-founded with his brother Kimbal → Software that helped newspapers put business listings/maps online → Sold to Compaq for ~$300M X.com → PayPal (1999) – Co-founded online banking company → Merged into PayPal after Musk left day-to-day leadership → Became a major online payments system sold to eBay ⸻ 🚀 Major companies he started or co-founded SpaceX (2002) – Founder, CEO, chief engineer → Built reusable rockets, Starlink internet satellites, and crewed spaceflight systems → This is the company most directly tied to his personal vision Tesla (joined 2004, CEO 2008) → He did NOT found Tesla → But he led it from early stage into mass EV production (Model S, 3, Y, Cybertruck) SolarCity (2006) – Co-founded (with cousins) → Solar energy installation company (later merged into Tesla) Neuralink (2016) – Co-founder → Brain–computer interface implants The Boring Company (2016) – Founder → Tunnel digging / urban transport systems xAI (2023) – Founder → AI company behind “Grok”

Had a real blast setting up my new-to-me Compaq 5400. I replaced the spinning disk with a 2GB Industrial CF card. Used XFDisk to create 3 partitions (DOS/Win98SE as swappable primary, and a shared DATA logical partition for the apps/games) Win98SE was updated using Windows 98 Update CD (Release 2.24) To move data to the computer, I'm using a PCMCIA CF adapter card. But initial setup required me to use my 3.5" USB FDD and write DOS and Windows boot diskettes (haven't done that in 20 years!) to partition/format/install boot loader on the CF card. It wasn't easy before USB! Everything worked great (for the most part) Forgot how much Microsoft loves to replace your MBR boot loader with their own.

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【南アの少年、世界初の1兆ドル長者へ】 1971年、南アフリカ・プレトリアで誕生 父は南ア人、母はカナダ人 ↓ 12歳で自作ゲーム「Blastar」を販売 最初の成功は、まだ小さな“自作ソフト”だった ↓ 17歳で南アを離れ、カナダへ 徴兵への反発と、北米でのチャンスを求めた移動だった ↓ その後、米国へ渡り ペンシルベニア大学で経済学と物理学を学ぶ ↓ 1995年、弟キンバルとZip2を創業 新聞社向けに地図・地域情報サービスを売る ↓ 1999年、CompaqがZip2を買収 マスクは約2,200万ドルを得る ↓ 同年、その資金を元手にX.comを創業 ネット金融へ進む ↓ X.comはConfinityと合流し、のちにPayPalへ ↓ 2002年、eBayがPayPalを15億ドルで買収 マスクは約1億6000万ドル規模の売却益を得る ↓ 同じ2002年、SpaceXを創業 今度はネットではなく、ロケットに資金を向ける ↓ 2004年、Teslaに初期投資 電気自動車企業の中心人物になっていく ↓ 2008年、Tesla CEOに就任 マスクの資産は、TeslaとSpaceXの成長に強く連動するようになる ↓ 2010年、TeslaがIPO 1株17ドルで上場し、約2億2600万ドルを調達 ↓ 2012年、Forbes長者番付に初登場 推定資産は20億ドル ↓ 2021年、Tesla株の急騰でJeff Bezosを抜く 初めて世界一の富豪になる ↓ 同年、資産3000億ドル超え “世界一の金持ち”から、人類史級の資産規模へ ↓ 2022年、Twitterを440億ドルで買収 資産は増えるだけでなく、大きく揺れる段階に入る ↓ 2024年、SpaceXの評価上昇などで資産4000億ドル超え 個人資産として前例のない水準に到達 ↓ 2026年、SpaceXがIPO Forbes推定でマスクの資産は約1.1兆ドルに到達

**Revised Facebook post draft** — I strengthened the "self-made from the ground up" section with clear, accurate details on how Elon built or transformed each major company. It counters the "he didn't start them" narrative head-on while keeping the post punchy and viral-ready. --- 🚀 **Stop the Elon Hate – The Real Self-Made Immigrant Story** 🚀 People love calling Elon Musk a "trillionaire" like he was born with a silver spoon or stole it all. His net worth hit ~**$1.1 trillion** after SpaceX's massive IPO — but almost all of it is **stock/equity** in the companies he built, not cash sitting in a bank. He can't just sell it without crashing the value and jobs. He's said he's often "cash poor" while pouring everything back in. **Here's how he actually built it — from scratch or turning around struggling ideas:** - **Zip2 (1995):** Co-founded with his brother right out of college. Created one of the first online city guides/maps for newspapers. Sold to Compaq for $307 million in 1999. Elon walked with ~$22 million — his first big score. - **X.com → PayPal:** Used most of that money to co-found X.com (online payments). It merged with Confinity to become PayPal. eBay bought it for $1.5 billion in 2002. Elon got ~$165-180 million after taxes and reinvested almost all of it. - **SpaceX (2002):** Founded it himself with ~$100 million of his own money after PayPal. Bet everything on reusable rockets when experts said it was impossible. Nearly went bankrupt multiple times (3 failed launches early on), but he kept funding it personally. Now dominates space and just IPO'd huge. - **Tesla:** NOT founded by him originally (2003 by others), but he was the **first major investor** in 2004 — put in $6.5 million of the $7.5 million Series A round **before they built their first car**. Became Chairman, then CEO in 2008 when it was struggling near death. He invested over $70 million personally, led the product vision (Roadster design, etc.), and saved it from bankruptcy by pouring in cash during the 2008 crisis. Turned it into the EV leader. He didn't inherit wealth or coast on old money — he risked it all repeatedly, slept on couches/floors during tough times, and built revolutionary companies. **Impact today:** - Employs **tens of thousands** (Tesla ~130k , SpaceX ~22k, etc.). - SpaceX IPO just created **over 4,400 new millionaires** among current & former employees — welders, technicians, factory workers included. Tesla stock has done the same for thousands over the years. His wealth made *their* wealth possible. Elon came from South Africa as a young immigrant with big ideas and little else here. He lived the **Democrat "immigrant dream"** — work hard, innovate, lift yourself and others up. Yet the same voices cheer open borders but bash the guy who actually succeeded as a (now) Republican-leaning entrepreneur. Meanwhile, old-money elites, generational wealth, and "civil servant" politicians (looking at you, Bernie with his houses and book deals) get a pass. **If we split his $1.1 trillion among ~8.2 billion people?** Each gets ~**$134** — gone in a week, companies destroyed, jobs vanished, innovation stalled. Wealth isn't a fixed pie; creators like Elon grow it. Tired of the hypocrisy and envy. Elon started as the little guy, built empires that employ and enrich thousands (including blue-collar workers), pays massive taxes, and pushes humanity forward with EVs, Starlink, reusable rockets, etc. He's not perfect, but the hate ignores the good. What's your take? Share the facts. 💪🇺🇸 @elonmusk @SpaceX @Tesla @PayPal @X @grok @imagine I used @grok to help me make all of this. #ElonMusk #AmericanDream #BuildNotDivide #SelfMade

Since you ask Harry Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire in June 2026, primarily due to the massive valuation surge from SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO. His net worth exceeded $1 trillion (estimates around $1.1 trillion) following SpaceX’s public debut, where the company achieved a market cap nearing or surpassing $2 trillion. Musk’s stake (roughly 38-42%, including options) in SpaceX alone contributed the bulk of this wealth, building on decades of prior business successes, particularly in Tesla. Key Achievements and Milestones That Built His Wealth Musk’s fortune stems from founding, leading, and investing in high-impact tech companies focused on innovation in payments, electric vehicles, space, AI, and more. Here’s a list of major ones: • Early Success with Zip2 and PayPal (1990s–2002): Co-founded Zip2 (online city guides/maps), sold to Compaq for ~$307–350 million in 1999. Co-founded X.com, which merged into PayPal. eBay acquired PayPal in 2002 for $1.5 billion; Musk’s stake netted him ~$160–180 million after taxes. This provided seed capital for future ventures. • Founding SpaceX (2002): Established Space Exploration Technologies with a focus on reusable rockets and reducing space travel costs. Key breakthroughs include: • First privately developed liquid-fueled rocket (Falcon 1) to reach orbit (2008). • Falcon 9 reusability, Dragon spacecraft docking with the ISS (first commercial company to do so). • Starlink satellite internet constellation for global broadband. • Development of Starship for deep-space missions (Moon/Mars). • Massive NASA/DoD contracts (billions in revenue). The 2026 IPO valued SpaceX at ~$1.77–2 trillion , making it the primary driver of his trillionaire status. • Transforming Tesla (2004 onward): Early investor and later CEO (since 2008). Turned it into the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) company and a leader in batteries, autonomy, and energy storage: • Popularized high-performance EVs (Roadster, Model S, Model 3, Model Y, Cybertruck). • Tesla’s market cap hit $1 trillion multiple times; Musk owns ~10–18% (including options). • Expanded into solar (via SolarCity acquisition) and energy products. Tesla stock growth was a huge wealth driver pre-SpaceX IPO. • Other Ventures Amplifying Value: • xAI (founded 2023): AI company; merged into SpaceX structure, boosting valuations. • Neuralink, The Boring Company: Brain-computer interfaces and infrastructure projects added to his portfolio and public profile. • X (formerly Twitter, acquired 2022): Though more controversial, it fits his ecosystem. Musk’s wealth is mostly in unsold stock across these companies, amplified by market enthusiasm for his vision of sustainable energy, multi-planetary life, and AI. Tesla and especially SpaceX’s valuations reflected investor bets on long-term disruption. These achievements—marked by technical firsts, scaling production, securing contracts, and visionary execution—compounded into extraordinary market value, culminating in the SpaceX IPO milestone. Note that his wealth is highly volatile and tied to stock performanc

Nein und gestohlen auch nicht. Musk und sein Bruder gründeten Zip2 1995 mit einem Kapital von 2.000 Dollar. 1999 übernahm Compaq Zip2 für 307 Mio Dollar, Er verwendete 160 Mio Dollar für die Fusion mit Confinity zu PayPal 2002 übernahm eBay PayPal für 1,5 Milliarden Dollar.