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Introduction :
Errol Musk is a South African engineer and entrepreneur. He is most commonly known for being the father of multi-billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Errol Graham Musk was born in 1946 in Pretoria, South Africa. He is one of two sons born to parents, Walter Henry James and Cora Amelia Robinson, with a younger brother named Michael.
- After meeting in high school in South Africa, Errol married Canadian-born model Maye Musk (neé Haldeman) in 1970.
- Before getting divorced in 1979, the couple had three children: Elon, Kimbal, and Tosca.
- Years later, Errol married Heide Bezuidenhout — a widow with three children: daughter, Jana, and sons Jock Jr. and Harry.
- Married for 18 years, they had two more daughters together: Alexandra and Asha.
- In March 2018, it was revealed that Errol had fathered a child (named Elliot Rush) with his stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout, who is around 40 years his junior. He has been quoted as calling the incident a “one-off.” When Errol had married her mother, Jana was four years old!
Early Life and Education :
- After attending Clapham High School in Pretoria, Errol went on to study at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and the University of Pretoria.
- Even before his kids were in the picture, Errol grew up in a family that valued innovation, originality, and adventure – His grandmother was the first chiropractor in Canada, and his parents were the first to fly from South Africa to Australia in a single-engine plane.
Business, Net Worth, Income and Career :
- According to some reports, Errol is said to be an engineer & also been called a serial entrepreneur.
- A millionaire by the age of 30, at one point, Errol owned part of an emerald mine in Zambia. The ownership came about by accident when a private plane trip to England was rerouted, and Errol ended up meeting a group of Italians who wanted to buy his plane.
- They offered $80,000 for the plane or $40,000 plus a stake in the emerald mine. Errol took the latter and profited from the deal for the next six years.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- With no less than four billion-dollar companies (including Tesla, PayPal and SpaceX) under his belt, Elon is not the only successful Musk offspring. Errol’s son Kimbal is a millionaire restaurateur and founder of the nonprofit organization, The Kitchen Community. His daughter Tosca is a successful filmmaker and CEO of the streaming network PassionFlix.
- Called “evil” and a “terrible human” by his son Elon, Errol has been estranged from him for a few years. Elon blames the situation on his father’s behavior; however, Errol claims it stemmed from when he moved back to South Africa in 2003 after briefly living near his son in the States.
- In an interview with Rolling Stone, Errol revealed he was once charged with manslaughter after killing three of five men trying to break into his home. The charges were later dropped as self-defense.