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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
It spoke of the divorce of Elon's parents, Errol and Maye Musk, and also contained a quick mention of an emerald mine.Errol was born in South Africa to a British mother and a South African father. An avid pilot and sailor, as well as an electrical and mechanical engineer, he made his money consulting and developing properties and retired early.After Maye and Errol divorced in 1980, Elon mostly lived with his father, who says he owned thoroughbred horses, a yacht, several houses and a Cessna. One of their homes was in Waterkloof, a leafy suburb of Pretoria that was popular with foreign diplomats.Wanderlust ran on both sides of the family. On holidays, Errol and his kids would travel, he said: to Europe, Hong Kong, throughout the United States. Or they'd take the plane to Lake Tanganyika [in Zambia], where Errol had a stake in an emerald mine. Elon would later get his own pilot's license but no longer has time to fly.While the story did mention the family once lived in a popular suburb, the article said nothing of the emerald mine providing wealth to the son when he moved to Canada in 1988, or to the U.S. in 1992.Note: Reporting from Esquire.com said that Elon moved from South Africa to Canada in 1988. He once tweeted he arrived in 1989, not 1988, however.Forbes Interview with Jim ClashOn July 28, 2014, Forbes.com published an interview with Elon Musk, which was conducted by Jim Clash. The headline of the story read, "Elon Musk Tells Me His Secret Of Success (Hint: It Ain't About The Money)."In the interview, the Tesla owner briefly mentioned that his father had a share in an emerald mine in Zambia.JC: How do you handle fear?EM: Company death – not succeeding with the company – causes me a
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