Elon Musk is one of the richest people in the world.
The 51-year-old SpaceX founder and Tesla magnate has joined the likes of Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Microsoft's Bill Gates to become one of only five 'centibillionaires' – someone with a personal fortune exceeding $100 billion – in the world.
But it hasn't always been smooth sailing for the controversial figure, especially after it was revealed this week that the billionaire had allegedly 'secretly welcomed' twins just a few weeks before he and his former partner Grimes had their second child via surrogate.
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Here is everything we know about the Tesla magnate.
Early days.
Born to model Maye Musk and electromechanical engineer Errol Musk, Elon Musk was raised in Pretoria, South Africa, alongside his younger brother, Kimbal, and younger sister, Tosca.
When Maye and Errol later divorced in 1980, Musk opted to move in with his father, who seemed "lonely". But soon afterwards, he realised it was "not a good idea".
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