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11. He co-founded a couple of tech companies in 90s. Admittedly, I'm fuzzy on the details

Sun May 22, 2022, 10:54 AM

May 2022

I didn't bother looking it up so I'm going off of memory.

I remember the first tech company he co-founded was sold to a larger company in the 90s. He got a nice chunk of change there.

He used those earnings to start another company. That company ends up being merged with another company and becoming Paypal. That made Elon Musk an early owner in Paypal. Paypal eventually sells to Ebay. He got a chunk of change from that.

He used those earnings to invest in Tesla and he becomes the brash billionaire bullshitter that we know today.

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The age old axiom... Hugin May 2022 #1

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The whole thread is worth reading QED May 2022 #3

Never had me fooled. 2naSalit May 2022 #4

One of the main reasons I stopped one day... Hugin May 2022 #5

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How did Musk get all his money to start up his businesses? blueinredohio May 2022 #7

Not exactly inherited... Hugin May 2022 #8

Interesting. Do you have sources on that? Musk strikes me as an immesnsely dangerous KPN May 2022 #10

It is open knowledge... Hugin May 2022 #12

He co-founded a couple of tech companies in 90s. Admittedly, I'm fuzzy on the details In It to Win It May 2022 #11

Some investors for the original startup EX500rider May 2022 #14

Thanks I never knew anything about him. blueinredohio May 2022 #15

One of the big investors in that first venture being his dad. n/t Hugin May 2022 #16

Ding ding ding. nt JanMichael May 2022 #17

Not that there's anything necessarily wrong with that... Hugin May 2022 #18

Again - Ding Ding Ding. Bootstraps my ass. JanMichael May 2022 #19

Source for that? nt EX500rider May 2022 #20

How about a source for your stuff? Hugin May 2022 #21

Mine was taken from the same wiki 2 weeks ago for another thread. EX500rider May 2022 #22

Was Musk a "cofounder" of Paypal? edhopper May 2022 #27

Sounds more and more like "Elon Holmes". nt Carlitos Brigante May 2022 #9

That's what I'm thinking.. cilla4progress May 2022 #13

thank you barbtries May 2022 #23

Please report back to us edhopper May 2022 #24

I will. barbtries May 2022 #25

I think Musk is about to go through some things tinrobot May 2022 #26