Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, one of South Africa's capital cities
Musk has British and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry
His mother is Maye Musk (née Haldeman), a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in South Africa.
His father, Errol Musk, is a South African electromechanical engineer, pilot, sailor, consultant, and property developer, who was a half-owner of a Zambian emerald mine near Lake Tanganyika.
Musk has a younger brother, Kimbal, and a younger sister, Tosca
Musk's family was wealthy during his youth.
His father was elected to the Pretoria City Council as a representative of the anti-apartheid Progressive Party, with his children sharing their father's dislike of apartheid
His maternal grandfather, Joshua Haldeman, was an adventurous American-born Canadian who took his family on record-breaking journeys to Africa and Australia in a single-engine Bellanca airplane.
After his parents divorced in 1980, Musk chose to mostly live with his father
Musk regretted his decision and has become estranged from his father. He has a paternal half-sister and a half-brother.
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