Fill in the Blanks Alan MuckOnline version fill in the gaps by Елена Awramenko 1 African 1995 PayPal space Canada transportation investor American Musk is physics electric born After ambitious Motors system reusable Elon a South African - born entrepreneur , engineer , and . He is best known as the founder , CEO , and lead designer of SpaceX , co - founder of Tesla , and founder of The Boring Company . Musk has also envisioned a high - speed known as Hyperloop . Musk was in 1971 , in provincial South Africa , to a Canadian mother and a South father . At the age of 12 , he sold his first computer game for $500 , which made him realize that entrepreneurship was an option . completing high school at the age of 17 , Musk moved to to attend Queen ? s University and later transferred to the University of Pennsylvania , where he earned two degrees ? one in and another in economics . In , Musk founded Zip2 Corporation with his brother Kimbal . The company provided internet software for newspapers . Four years later , they sold it to Compaq Computers for $307 million dollars . In 1999 he co - founded X . com , an online financial services / payments company that eventually merged with ; this was sold to eBay for $1 . 5 billion in 2002 . Musk was inspired by the space industry and wanted to make a difference there as well . In 2002 he founded SpaceX with the goal of making travel more affordable . Today , SpaceX is the world ? s leading private rocket manufacturer and has made significant progress in developing rockets that can land back at their launch site after completing missions . Musk also created Tesla Motors , which designs and manufactures cars , solar roofs , and energy storage products ? all with the aim of transitioning humanity away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy sources . Elon Musk continues to be an inspiration to many people around the globe through his projects and hard work ethic . He is a pioneer of the 21st century and continues to push boundaries with his innovative approaches .
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