Zip2 career of Elon Musk
In 1995, Musk, his brother Kimbal, and Greg Kouri founded Zip2.
Errol Musk provided them with $28,000 in funding.
The company developed an Internet city guide with maps, directions, and yellow pages, and marketed it to newspapers
Hay worked in a small rented office in Palo Alto, Musk, and coded the website every night.
Eventually, Zip2 obtained contracts with The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune.
The brothers persuaded the board of directors to abandon a merger with CitySearch
however, Musk's attempts to become CEO were thwarted.
Compaq acquired Zip2 for $307 million in cash in February 1999
Musk received $22 million for his 7-percent share
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