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Zip2 Corp. [2] was a company that provided and licensed online city guide software to newspapers. [3] The company was founded in Palo Alto, California as Global Link Information Network, Inc. on November 9, 1995, [ 4 ] by Greg Kouri and brothers Elon and Kimbal Musk.
Musk later transferred to the University of Pennsylvania and received bachelor's degrees in economics and physics. He moved to California in 1995 to attend Stanford University, and with his brother Kimbal co-founded the software company Zip2, that was later acquired by Compaq in 1999.
Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital. [2] [3] He is of British and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry.[4] [5] His mother, Maye (née Haldeman), is a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in South Africa.
Musk beetle, a Eurasian species of longhorn beetle belonging to the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribe Callichromatini; Musk deer, of the species that make up Moschus; Musk duck, a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia
Musk's first venture was a residential painting business with College Pro Painters in 1994, the same year he and his elder brother, Elon, started their second company, Zip2. Zip2 was an online city guide that provided content for the new online versions of The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune newspapers.
Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish colony.
America PAC was founded to support the Donald Trump campaign during the 2024 United States presidential election. Backers include Elon Musk , Douglas Leone , Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale , Tyler Winklevoss , Cameron Winklevoss , [ 2 ] Ken Howery , Shaun Maguire of Sequoia Capital , and SpaceX board member Antonio Gracias . [ 3 ]
Maye Haldeman was born on April 19, 1948, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, a twin [6] and one of five children. [3] Her family moved to Pretoria, South Africa, in 1950.Her parents, Winnifred Josephine "Wyn" (Fletcher) and Joshua Norman Haldeman, a former director of Technocracy Incorporated, a former Regina chiropractor and amateur archaeologist, [7] [8] [9] were adventurous and flew the ...