"Exploring the Otherworldly Ambitions of Elon Musk." He continued: He grabbed some weapons, as you could see on the cameras there were some intruders that were coming over the walls, and they were also armed. [20] At the time of their daughter's birth, according to The Times, Musk was 72 and Jana Bezuidenhout was 30 years old. 2021, https://www.theonion.com/the-richest-person-in-every-state-and-how-they-made-the-1846312073. On an undisclosed date, Errol reportedly shot and killed three of up to a half-dozen armed intruders who broke into his Johannesburg home, according to Rolling Stone. According to media reports Errol reportedly owned an emerald mine in Zambia near Lake Tanganyika which enabled his family to live in luxury at the time. All About Errol Musk", "50 years of Elon Musk's huge wealth, from emeralds to SpaceX and Tesla", "How Elon Musk made his money - from emeralds to SpaceX and Tesla", "Elon Musk Left a South Africa That Was Rife With Misinformation and White Privilege", "At 68, Maye Musk, the Mother of Elon, Is Reclaiming the Spotlight", "El padre de Elon Musk dice que la ambicin de su hijo se debe a la educacin austera que recibi: "Fui un padre estricto", "BBC Two - The Elon Musk Show, Series 1, Episode 2", "Elon Musk's dad reveals he fathered an "unplanned" child with his stepdaughter", "Elon Musk's father has baby with step-daughter he has known since she was four", "Elon Musk's father confirms second child with his own stepdaughter - report", "Errol Musk explains why he got his stepdaughter pregnant", "Ayah Elon Musk Punya Bayi dari Hubungan dengan Putri Tirinya", "Meet Elon Musk's controversial father, Errol", "Errol Musk hat Kind mit Stieftochter: "Wir sind zum Fortpflanzen auf der Welt", "Elon Musk's Dad Says Company Wants His Sperm to Impregnate 'High-Class' Women", Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors, Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Errol_Musk&oldid=1142497006, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 18:50. Still, it wasarchived by the Internet Archive.
Behind the billions: Errol Musk's net worth, scandals and more "Can Elon Musk Really Get Us To Mars Within 10 Years?" To summarize Arnold's story would be difficult, as it contained a considerable amount of data and analysis. According to the story, in the mid-1980s, Errol and a copilot landed their plane near Lake Tanganyika in Zambia, where "a group of Italians" offered them 80,000 pounds in British currency in order to buy the plane. He didnt own an emerald mine & I worked my way through college, ending up ~$100k in student debt. Errol Musk, the father of Elon Musk, told British tabloid The Sun Wednesday that he had a second and previously-unknown child with his stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout, in 2019 leaving many. At some point after the shooting, the relationship between dad Errol and son Elon soured. 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. On Feb. 23, 2018, Business Insider SA published a story with the headline, "'We had so much money we couldn't even close our safe': Elon Musk's Dad tells BI about the family's insanely casual attitude to wealth." The Associated Press, 20 July 2021, https://apnews.com/article/business-science-3546262d41f4c84763aa15339f642a5a. Elon tweeted that he had $100,000 debt after college. With his new riches, Errol also bought half of an emerald mine. And, on at least one occasion, his now famous son also took his hand at dealing in the gems, with peculiar results. He said that they stopped in Djibouti to avoid pricey airport fees, and there happened to meet some Italian merchants who offered to buy the plane from him then and there. People.Com, 7 Nov. 2022, https://people.com/human-interest/who-is-errol-musk-elon-musk-father/. As well as providing links, people started commenting Musk's own words back at him under his tweet. All Rights Reserved. @Keewa tweeted on May 9, 2020, Remind: Elon Musk inherited money from his fathers apartheid emerald mine, that doesnt mean hes clever. Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done.". Jack @lets_gobaby tweeted, Ok but how does inheriting money mean you arent smart?. "So I became a half-owner of the mine, and we got emeralds for the next six years," Errol said.
So I thought, I can be company. Yeah, I was sad for my father. The article was titled, "I Talked to Elon Musk about Journalism and the Blood Emeralds Story.".
Who is Errol Musk? What we know about Elon's dad - New York Post Here is the incredible true story of Errol Musk and the striking similarities he shares with his powerful son. South Africa Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican Number: 2005/028472/07. You have no idea. On July 28, 2014, Forbes.com published an interview with Elon Musk, which was conducted by Jim Clash. Shame on you, Onion. He confirmed the birth of their daughter to The Sun in 2022. Britannica.com, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Zip2.
Elon Musk Says He and His Brother Financed Their Father Errol Since 1990s He has a net worth of $2 million and is living quite comfortably. Wayback Machine. First, we have republished past statements from both Errol and Elon. Nothing, nothing. So it was very formative for him. Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, remains a mysterious figure, and there is still no common consensus how his work or his wealth during Elon's childhood. It is often claimed that Musk's father, Errol Musk, once owned shares in a Zambian emerald mine, and that Musk subsequently enjoyed an . Here's what to know about Elon Musk's estranged father, Errol Musk. He also co-founded PayPal, which means a Twitter user said The WHOLE bank on the internet was started by him (yes, your credit card as well). Almost every crime you can possibly think of, he has done. By some accounts, Elon is reported to have witnessed the attack, with Errol later telling Rolling Stone that he acted in self-defense; he was never convicted of any crime. de Wet, Phillip. Musk left his father behind at the age of 17 to pursue his dreams in North America and escape conscription into the South African military. Twitter, https://twitter.com/elonmusk/. Errol Musk was born in 1946 in Pretoria to Walter Henry James Musk and Cora Amelia Robinson. Though Errol has made headlines in recent years after the births of his two youngest children, he seemingly avoids the spotlight. While the story merely pointed to the facts that apartheid existed at the time and the Musk family made money from emerald mining, Musk to his frustration has found it hard to brush off the narrative of his wealth being linked to apartheid. On July 3, 2020, Elon tweeted about the subject again, responding to a since-deleted tweet with, "I don't have an 'emerald mine,' nor was I given free money from anyone, inheritance or otherwise. Musk readily jumps onto Twitter to refute the charges that his empire was forged with the aid of family wealth, and part of the reason he wanted to talk to merather comically given the rocket launch and, well, trollswas because the jabs bug him, and he hopes to set the record straight. Beyond that, we were unable to find any evidence that showed money generated from his father's involvement in the mine helped Elon build his wealth in North America. Musk responded about the time when the photo was clicked. On March 25, 2021, Elon Musktweetedthat the emerald mine inheritance rumor was false, and that he had arrived by himself in Canada in 1989 "with ~CA$2,500."
Elon Musk's Dad Errol Fathered Child With His 30-Year-Old - Insider The billionaire, who was born in South Africa, took to Twitter to answer claims made by The Onion about how his family made their money in apartheid South Africa. [10] She gave birth to three children; Elon Reeve Musk born on 28 June 1971, Kimbal Reeve Musk born on 20 September 1972, and Tosca Musk born on 20 July 1974. ---. All Rights Reserved. "They didn't like it.". Meanwhile, Musk's defenders often say that the mogul has denied this story, though that is not precisely true either. An avid pilot and sailor, as well as an electrical and mechanical engineer, he made his money consulting and developing properties and retired early. This story will be updated if any further details come to light. However, $800 was probably pocket change for the family, judging by what Musk's father told the site. According to the story, "When [Elon] was elevenabout the time that he sold his first piece of software, a video game called Blastar Musk told his mother that he was going to move back to Pretoria to live with his father, Errol, an electrical engineer who would later own an auto-parts store and a share in an emerald mine.". "Elon Musk Tells Me His Secret Of Success (Hint: It Ain't About The Money)." Forbes, 28 July 2014, https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2014/07/28/elon-musk-tells-me-his-secret-of-success-hint-it-aint-about-the-money/. He would throw out everything they arrived with, so I had to buy them all new clothes and school things. - February 10, 2021 02:34 pm EST. He once tweeted he arrived in 1989, not 1988, however. We sought evidence in the case that they still had any documentation from past decades about the mine, the around $100,000 in student debt that Elon has repeatedly said he had accumulated during college, or anything else related to Elon's early finances that they have mentioned in past interviews. * The headline of this article was updated toreflect that the Musk family once owned the mine in question, and no longer do. "I'm naturally good at engineering that's because I inherited it from my father," he told Rolling Stone. Errol told Business Insider South Africa that he once owned half of an emerald mine in Zambia, which he claimed to have purchased on a whim. r/EnoughMuskSpam via Reddit.com, 18 Dec. 2021, https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/rj689s/elon_musk_and_the_emerald_mine/. The eccentric billionaire once again attempted to set the record straight about his familys emerald mines to respond to Twitter user @howlpolitically. When Errol and Maye divorced in 1979, a then-8-year-old Elon chose to live with his dad.
How Elon Musk made his money - from emeralds to SpaceX and Tesla As Arnold noted, the headline for this story was later corrected more than two years after it was published, sometime around late July or early August 2020,according to page captures from the Internet Archive. Once the Musk emerald story started circulating, and information about Musk's father Errol's past business dealings got out, a cavalcade of internet poo-pooers flocked to Twitter to lambast Musk . Vance wrote, "For what it's worth, my reporting, based on conversations with hundreds of people, confirms Musk's story. Elon Musk addressed the recent social storm when claims related his familys emerald mines in apartheid-South Africa resurfaced online. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Elon Musk said he and his brother have supported their father since he "ran out of money in 90s." He was reacting to a tweet saying he was from a family that owned an African emerald mine.. After the divorce, Elon lived with his father in Pretoria, where he attended Pretoria Boys High. One thing most of us can agree on is that there is a more nuanced conversation to be had about how Musk specifically and South Africas white population in general, even those who didnt own mines benefitted from apartheid. Get down!'. "They just walked into Tiffany's and said, 'Do you want to buy some emeralds?' Elon and other family members have opened up about years of living in debt after they left South Africa. At the conference, Elon talked to some professors who told Errol, This boy needs to get his hands on one of these computers. It was a lucrative decision. Errol built his wealth as a prominent electromechanical engineer and entrepreneur in South Africa, reports The South African. I wish. Errol and Jana welcomed a son, Elliot "Rushi" Rush, in 2017 and a daughter in 2019. The story also included the same information from Elon's tweets where he said again that he had "ended up with $100,000 of student debt. Worked on my Moms cousins farm in Saskatchewan & a lumber mill in Vancouver. Or they'd take the plane to Lake Tanganyika [in Zambia], where Errol had a stake in an emerald mine. Fortier, Alexander. There were AK-47s all over the place and I'm thinking, "Man, this could really go bad.". 2021, https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/i-talked-to-elon-musk-about-journalism.
Errol Musk's Emerald Mine (@ErrolsEmeralds) / Twitter Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done., He was such a terrible human being. In an interview with Express, Cattrell recalled: One night, they were sitting in the living room and his dad said Everybody down! 1/2This article is false. Errol and his stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout, share two children. Journalism strengthens democracy. [22] He is estranged from his son Elon. Clash's same 2014 interview was also republished by AskMen.com on Jan. 2, 2015. However, in the recent Channel 4 documentary Elon Musk: Superhero or Supervillain, co-founder of SpaceX, Jim Cattrell, claimed Elon was home at the time. My Dad provided 10% of a ~$200k angel funding round much later, but by then risk was reduced & round would've happened anyway.". In a February 2018 interview with Business Insider South Africa, Musk's father said he did own half share in an emerald mine in Zambia. Elon has himself admitted that his father has a very high IQ and is brilliant at engineering.. [4], Musk met Maye Haldeman when he was 11 years old and they were childhood friends before marrying in 1970. The same story appeared to have also been published the day before with the headline, "A teenage Elon Musk once casually sold his father's emeralds to Tiffany & Co. while his dad was sleeping. By email, Clash told us he had no idea why it was no longer hosted by Forbes. The gist of the claim was that Elon's father, Errol Musk, who reports say has been estranged from his son for some time, owned an emerald mine during apartheid in South Africa, and that it was . The Tesla CEO has fathered 10 children. Headded, also on Dec. 28, "We started Zip2 with ~$2k from me plus my overclocked home-built PC, ~$5k from my bro & ~$8k from Greg Kouri (such a good guy he is greatly missed). We also reached out to media relations personnel at SpaceX, where he is the founder and CEO, as well as Tesla and Twitter. He will plan evil, Elon tearfully told Rolling Stone in 2017. Musk's father said that Tiffanys set the $800 emerald in a ring and offered it for $24,000, which he said was an object lesson in retail markup for the family. https://web.archive.org/. "I said, 'Oh, all right.' He also added, "'Self-made billionaires' are a myth." Forbes, 1 Oct. 2016, https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2016/10/01/can-elon-musk-really-get-us-to-mars-within-10-years/. The interview is no longer available on the Forbes website. Regardless of your opinion of him, he is aself-made billionaire." Errol has long since retired from the engineering business and now lives a quiet life in the Western Cape in South Africa. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. It is still hard to discern whether this story is true and what conclusions can be drawn. Elon also denied that Errol invested in the company. "[4][8], In 1972, he was elected to the Pretoria City Council as a representative of the anti-apartheid Progressive Party. Born in 1971, Musk grew up in Pretoria, South Africa. According to a Facebook post from Errol, the Zambian emerald mine he held a stake in "collapsed in 1989. Business Insider South Africa, 28 Feb. 2018, https://www.businessinsider.co.za/how-elon-musks-family-came-to-own-an-emerald-mine-2018-2. Your membership is the foundation of our sustainability and resilience. After his divorce from Elons mother, Errol went on to wed HeideBezuidenhout, a young widow who already had two children, including 4-year-old Jana Bezuidenhout. I felt sorry for my father, because my mother had all three kids. In his interview with Business Insider South Africa, Errol said that he was to blame for his divorce from model Maye Musk, with whom he shares Elon, Kimbal and Tosca. He was such a terrible human being. One of their homes was in Waterkloof, a leafy suburb of Pretoria that was popular with foreign diplomats. In the interview, the Tesla owner briefly mentioned that his father had a share in an emerald mine in Zambia. However, any reconciliation was apparently short-lived. It was that lifestyle, Errol says, that turned Elon into the kind of merchant adventurer who would later break the rules of the motoring business with Tesla, then go on to change spaceflight with SpaceX. The claim attracted a response from the billionaire, who said that the claim isn't true. . He was married to Maye Musk and also to Heide Musk, with whom he has two children, Alexandra and Rose.
Viral: When Elon Musk's bank account was in negative due to student Its so terrible, you cant believe it.. "The Richest Person In Every State And How They Made Their Money." Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, remains a mysterious figure, and there is still no common consensus how his work or his wealth during Elon's childhood. Their half-sister.. Then he'd sue me and say that I was unfit to parent.". [18][19] Musk described the first child as unplanned. He told me over and over that I was stupid, ugly, boring. This is not true," Elon told Rolling Stone in 2017. Kaizer Chiefs to sign more Swallows players. ", The Tesla founder also said there was no way to repair his relationship with his father. To me, he sure is trying to make the world better right now, and thats the best thing he could do with his fathers money. Market Realist is a registered trademark. Musk's critics often paraphrase the story on social media, who accuse him not only of benefitting from wealth rather than genius but of indirectly profiting from Apartheid.
Elon Musk addresses emerald mines and apartheid claims - The South African Errol Musk, the family's patriarch, is in the news after confirming he fathered a second secret love child with his stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout, 35. FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ERROL MUSK 1. ", Errol and Elon have an acrimonious relationship.
Who is Errol Musk? Five things to know about Elon's SA father Esquire, 5 June 2015, https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a35508/elon-musk-college-years-canada-u-penn/. "We were lonely, lost people," Errol said. [Jana] stayed here for about 18 months after Rushi was born. "What's very difficult for others is easy for me. Errol named his price, and a deal was done. He told The New York Times that as a member of the Progressive Party, he opposed apartheid. Curiously, Errol has said nothing more about the controversial emerald mine story in the years since, even in recent interviews like his discussion with Forbes last year. Like his son, the wealthy business owner who was once rumored to be the co-owner of a Zambian emerald mine has also been mired in controversy. His grandmother broke barriers of her own, becoming the first-ever chiropractor in Canada. "Who Is Elon Musk's Estranged Father?
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