Recently, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich posted on his personal social platform that the world's richest man, , Elon Musk, did not start from scratch, and his family owns an emerald mine in South Africa.
Regarding this revelation, Musk generously responded that "this is true" and said that he owns half of the minerals.
Musk said that at the age of 16, he and his brother sold two jadeites to Tiffany, one of the world's most famous jewelers on Fifth Avenue in New York, for $800 and $1,200 respectively. In the 1980s, this was not a small amount.
But then his family discovered that jeweler Tiffany sold the gem that he bought from Musk for $24,000. Afterwards, Musk's father Errol Musk also used the story as an object lesson on how retail works.
Not long ago, Musk's ex-girlfriend Jennifer Gwynne, also publicly auctioned an emerald necklace that Musk gave her.
It is reported that the gems on this 4K gold necklace come from the Musk family's emerald mine. The necklace was also taken at the same time as a photo of Jennifer and Musk's family, and it was finally sold for US$51,000 (about RMB 360,000).
Today's world's richest man Elon Musk was born in 1971 in a wealthy South African family and has triple nationalities in South Africa, Canada and the United States. His father Erol Musk is an English-Dutch mixed-race, professional engineer. He achieved financial freedom before he was 30 years old and had a net worth of one million; his mother is a model. The two divorced when Musk was 8 years old.
Early the 1990s, Musk's "family deteriorated". His father Errol was a "playboy". He had multiple illegitimate children in South Africa, but the unsuccessful shopping malls made him almost bankrupt. Musk's career in North America has emerged, and the first startup company Zip2 was officially born.
The richest man in the world says he and his brother have funded their father Erol Musk since his father "had no money in the 1990s." However, the relationship between father and son is currently relatively stiff. Musk once said in an interview that his father Errol is the "worst person". "He did everything evil that you can think of."
Currently, Musk serves as chairman or CEO of many companies. In addition to the well-known new energy vehicle manufacturer Tesla (Tesla), he also has Space X (aerospace), Solar City (photovoltaic power generation), Neuralink ( brain-computer interface ), Modelπ (satellite mobile phone), Hyperloop ( super high-speed rail ), Boring Company (high-speed subway), Open ai ( artificial intelligence ), etc., also founded e-commerce Zip2 and electronic payment Paypal in the early days.
