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  Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur and business magnate known for his work in developing and promoting electric cars, space exploration, and sustainable energy. Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1971 to a Canadian mother and a South African father. He spent his childhood in South Africa and showed an early aptitude for technology, programming his first game at the age of 12. Musk attended the University of Pretoria for a brief period before moving to the United States to attend the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, Musk studied physics and economics, earning two bachelor's degrees. He then went on to pursue a Ph.D. in applied physics and materials science at Stanford University, but dropped out after only two days to pursue entrepreneurship. In 1995, Musk co-founded his first company, Zip2, a web software company that provided business directories and maps to newspapers. Zip2 was eventually sold to Compaq for nearly $300 million, netting Musk a substantial fortun