Kimbal Musk

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Kimbal Musk

Kimbal Musk (born September 20, 1972 in Pretoria ) is a Canadian-American entrepreneur and restaurateur from South Africa . He is the brother of the well-known entrepreneur Elon Musk . He owns multiple corporate and non-profit organizations and is a board member of SpaceX and Tesla, Inc.

biography

Musk grew up in South Africa with his brother Elon and sister Tosca. His mother, Maye Musk , was a prominent model and nutritionist, and his father was a mechanical engineer. After graduating from high school in Pretoria, Musk immigrated to live with his brother in Kingston , Canada . There he enrolled at university to get a degree in business administration from Queen's University . During this time, Musk initially worked at Scotiabank . He graduated in 1995.

Musk's first venture was a painting business with College Pro Painters in 1995, the same year he and older 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 Chicago Tribune newspapers . The company was sold to Compaq in 1999 for $ 307 million . The brothers invested the money in various technology companies. Kimbal Musk then went to New York City and trained as a chef.

He founded his first restaurant in Boulder , Colorado in 2004 . Today he owns The Kitchen Restaurant Group , a group of community restaurants with alternative concepts in several US cities. He is the co-founder and chairman of Big Green , a non-profit that has built hundreds of outdoor classrooms called "Learning Gardens" in school playgrounds across the United States. Musk is also the co-founder and chairman of Square Roots , a Brooklyn urban farming company that grows food in hydroponic, covered, and air-conditioned shipping containers. He was also a co-founder of the search engine OneRiot , which was taken over by Walmart in 2011 . Musk currently serves on the boards of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX . He is also a significant shareholder in Tesla.

Musk married Jen Lewin , with whom he founded The Kitchen. The couple have two children but later divorced. In April 2018, he married Christiana Wyly , an environmental activist and the daughter of entrepreneur Sam Wyly .

Web links

Commons : Kimbal Musk  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anna Steiner: Kimbal Musk: The Tesla brother is a do-gooder . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed August 17, 2020]).
  2. Jump up ↑ Leanna Garfield: Kimbal Musk - Elon's brother - is leading a $ 25 million mission to fix food in schools across the US. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Kimbal Musk launches a revolutionary shipping container farm initiative in Brooklyn. Retrieved August 17, 2020 (American English).
  4. ^ Tesla, Inc. Common Stock (TSLA) Institutional Holdings. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Husted: Kimbal Musk, restaurateur and brother of rocketman Elon Musk (slideshow). Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Kimbal Musk and Wyly heiress celebrate wedding at Dallas restaurant. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Musk, kimbal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-American entrepreneur and restaurateur
DATE OF BIRTH 20th September 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Pretoria