Saxon Musk

Saxon Musk is the son of a famous engineer and entrepreneur, Elon Musk. Elon is the co-founder of Paypal and Tesla Inc.

His Parents’ Love Story

His parents Elon Musk and Justine Musk first met at the University of Ontario, Canada. Although it was the first time Elon met Justine, he felt something for her. 

He then pursued her for dates.

Both of them completed their graduation and then walked off to different destinations to achieve their dreams. 

Justine was interested in writing, so she started working on her novel. 

On the other hand, the business tycoon moved to Silicon Valley to work on his first dot-com company called Zip2.

Two months before their wedding, they had an appointment with a lawyer who was going to help them with the financial agreement. 

In one of the essays in Marie Claire, Justine has written, 

“Although I’d been dating a struggling 20-something entrepreneur, I was now engaged to a wealthy one.”

She also wrote, 

“I made uneasy jokes that he was about to dump me for a supermodel. Instead, he proposed, getting down on bended knee on a street corner.”

The loving duo got married in 2000.

Saxon Has Four Brothers

Saxon is not the only child of his parents. He has four siblings whose names are Griffin, Xavier, Damian and Kai.

His brothers Griffin and Xavier Musk are twins.  He and his brothers Damian and Kai share the same birthday date.

His Relationship with His Father

He shares an incredible bond of love with his father. His father is concerned about his and other children’s futures. 

Elon wants to make sure that his children learn the importance of work from an early age. 

He often takes his children to his factories in California. He once posted a photo with one of his children in the Tesla Design Center.

 Here is the picture shared by Elon with a caption, 

“Elon Musk and his son.”

His son can be seen holding a rocket in his hand. It seems like he is going to be the next CEO of SpaceX. 

Here is another picture of Elon with his other children who are busy working on their model of car. They are playing in front of a clay mockup of the Model S in the Tesla Design Center. 

Why Saxon’s dad Elon was too shy to talk to anyone?

As Saxon’s father Elon is a big name in the industry, but Elon has said that he was very much shy to speak in front of anyone. 

In one of his interviews with Business Core, he was asked what was the one thing that has surprised him about his life? 

He giggled and replied an interesting answer. Elon said he was surprised by the whole thing. He then elaborated, stating that he certainly did not expect any of the things that happened throughout his life. 

He knew that he had been interested in technologies since the beginning of his career. He shared there were only a few companies back in 1995 related to the internet. 

But among those few, he couldn’t get a job from them. Elon said that he was too shy to talk to the people around him. That’s why he thought of starting his own business. 

Learn about Saxon Musk’s millionaire entrepreneurs Family

Many of you might only know about Saxon’s millionaire father. But here, we will take a short look at his other members. 

Errol Musk, his grandfather, serves as an engineer in South Africa, whereas his grandmother Maye Musk is a dietitian and model. 

Moving on with his uncle, Kimbal Musk is a philanthropist and a restaurateur. 

Then comes Tosca Musk, his aunt, who is actively involved in the streaming service and runs Passionflix. 

Also, coming to his cousin uncles, Lyndon Rive and Peter Rive are the co-founders of SolarCity. 

Russ Rive, who shares the relationship of a cousin uncle, portrays the role of a founder of an art and technical production company named SuperUber. Also, Saxon’s mum is an author. 

His Multibillionaire Father

His father is a wealthy man with an estimated net worth of $23 billion. He has accumulated such a huge net worth through his career as an entrepreneur and engineer.

Below is the list of companies that he has been part of:

How Did His Father Become So Rich?

The journey of being a billionaire was not easy for Elon Musk. He went through a lot of financial problems before achieving the height of success.

His first dot-com company, Zip2, was sold for $307 million in cash and $34 million in stock options. He is also the co-founder of a company called Paypal, which was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion in stock options. 

Also he owns 54 percent of SpaceX which was valued at $34 billion in 2019. 

In his other company Tesla, he owns 22 percent which includes 33 million shares and 2.1 million exercisable options. 

Tesla is an automotive company, one of the pioneers that specialize in manufacturing electric cars. Here is a picture of a vehicle designed and manufactured by Tesla.

His Father’s Lifestyle

His father is not much into vacations. Elon spends most of his time in his factories in California. 

He is one of those persons who are highly dedicated to his work.

He loves his work, and his Instagram is filled with pictures of cars and rockets. He rarely posts pictures of him enjoying his life.

Trivia

1. Saxon had a brother named Nevada Musk who passes away at the age of 10 weeks due to sudden infant death syndrome.
2. His parents got separated in the year 2008.

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