You May Not Know The 9 Following Facts About Elon Musk

The Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk is the one who always knows how to make an impression on the whole world. Maybe only a few people don’t hear anything about the talented engineer and investor.

Here are some facts about Elon Musk that you may miss when following every event relating to the guy and his achievements.

1. As a child, Musk created rockets by himself

When having a talk with the Rolling Stone Interview, Elon Musk unveiled that the first moment he started creating rockets was during his childhood. According to the genius engineer, “I’m shocked that I have all my fingers."

2. Under the age of 9, he studied himself how to code

In a report, Musk was known for his ability to know how to code when he was just 9, and only three years later, he could make the first video game named Blastar with the theme of space. After that, a computer magazine bought the game at $500. Now, gamers can still experience it online.

3. What else we don’t know about 9-year-old Elon Musk?

It comes as a big surprise if anyone of us can read the whole encyclopedia when we are just 9 but, for Elon Musk, it seems nothing impossible. As he often says, books are the main source to raise his spirit.

4. Make an arcade? It’s just easy as a piece of cake for Elon Musk at 16

Musk and his brother partnered with each other to develop this project and they even signed a lease. However, the city then said to him that his age wasn’t suitable to open a video arcade at that time.

5. After two days, he left Stanford

Elon Musk came to Stanford to learn physics but after only two days, the university couldn’t keep him longer. In his studying biography, he got two degrees issued by the University of Pennsylvania. At that time, he was one of the founders of Zip2 Corporation.

6. Musk used to turn a college house into a nightclub

When Elon Musk studied at the University of Pennsylvania, he and his roommate turned their college house into a nightclub.

7. The Tesla CEO just makes under $40,000

Musk’s salary is surprisingly low and he doesn’t supposedly want to cash in his checks.

8. Enjoy a day with only $1

Living without money seems no problem to Elon Musk. As a piece of evidence, in the past, he came to North America and just had $1 per day to live. His daily meal was food in bulk.

9. Elon Musk was the ‘prototype’ of Iron Man Tony Stark

Who are fond of Iron Man must realize the common characteristics between these two billionaires. In reality, filmmakers took inspiration for Iron Man from the Tesla CEO. Especially, Iron Man 2 was filmed at the headquarters of SpaceX, and if you noticed, Elon Musk was a cameo in this episode.