Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971 Musk co-founded online bank X.com that same year, which merged with Confnity in 2000 to form PayPal. The company was bought by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. He is a creator of Tesla Inc. and Space X. A centibillionaire, Musk is one of the richest people in the world. He transferred to the University of Pennsylvania two years later, where he received bachelor's degrees in economics and physics.