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Errol Musk is a South African electromechanical engineer, pilot, and sailor. He is the father of Elon Musk, the CEO of 'SpaceX,' 'Tesla, Inc.,' and 'Neuralink' and one of the co-founders of 'PayPal.' Errol is mostly known for his scandalous life and his estranged relationship with his children.
- He Comes from A Family of Adventurers
- He Claimed He Was The Co-Owner of An Emerald Mine
- He Says The Mine Made Him Extremely Wealthy
- Elon Refuted Reports That His Father Invested in His First Company
- Elon Credits Him For His Own Engineering Skills
- He Claims He Was Acquitted of Manslaughter Charges After Killing 3 Home Invaders
- He Was Previously A Politician
- He Blames Himself For His Divorce from Maye Musk
- He Fathered Two Children with His Stepdaughter
- He and Elon Are Estranged
In a rare interview with Forbes, Errol revealed that his parents were the first to ever fly from South Africa to Australia in a single-engine airplane. His grandmother broke barriers of her own, becoming the first-ever chiropractor in Canada.
Errol told Business Insider South Africathat he once owned half of an emerald mine in Zambia, which he claimed to have purchased on a whim. Errol and a co-pilot were flying a plane from South Africa to England to sell the aircraft — but when they couldn't make a scheduled stop in Saudi Arabia, he pivoted his plan and changed his life. "We were goin...
In an interview with Business Insider South Africa, Errol admitted that, at one point, he literally made more money than he could physically handle. "We were very wealthy. We had so much money at times we couldn't even close our safe," Errol said, explaining that one person would hold the money down while a second would slam the safe door shut. "An...
In the biography Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, author Ashlee Vance wrote that Errol invested $28,000in Elon and Kimbal's then-fledgling company, Zip2. However, that — as well as Errol's claim of owning half of an emerald mine — is in stark contrast to what Elon has said about his father's wealth. "He didn't own an e...
Elon has said one of the reasons he is so skilled at engineering is because of his father. "I'm naturally good at engineering that's because I inherited it from my father," he told Rolling Stone. "What's very difficult for others is easy for me. For a while, I thought things were so obvious that everyone must know this."
In 2017, Errol told Rolling Stone that while he has never intentionally hurt or threatened anyone, he once shot and killed a group of burglars at his home in Johannesburg, though he says he was cleared of all charges because he acted in self-defense. In an interview with The Sun, Errol recalled the attack, claiming that he was confronted by a group...
In 1972, Errol was elected to the Pretoria City Council in his native South Africa. He told The New York Times that as a member of the Progressive Party, he opposed apartheid. Errol also addedthat his children were keenly aware of the country's government-sanctioned racial segregation. "They were confronted by it every day," he said. "They didn't l...
In his interview with Business Insider South Africa, Errol said that he was to blame for his divorce from model Maye Musk, with whom he shares Elon, Kimbal and Tosca. "I screwed up the marriage, I was totally responsible. It didn't work out too well in the end," he said. "My [former] wife doesn't speak to me, even when we're together, she won't spe...
Errol and his stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout, share two children. Jana was 4 years old when Errol married her mother, Heide Bezuidenhout — though he claims that he didn't consider Jana his stepdaughter, as she primarily grew up separate from the Musks. Errol and Heide had two children together, Alexandra and Asha Rose. Errol and Jana welcomed a so...
Errol and Elon have an acrimonious relationship. In an interview with Rolling Stone, during which he reportedly cried, Elon called his father "a terrible human being" and "evil." "You have no idea about how bad. Almost every crime you can possibly think of, he has done," Elon said. "Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done …...
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Aug 1, 2022 · Mon 1 Aug 2022 12.13 EDT. The father of Elon Musk said during an interview that he isn’t proud of his billionaire son, saying that Elon is unhappy with his own career progress. During the strange...
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Jul 14, 2022 · 7/14/22. Errol Musk — family patriarch and father of multibillionaire Elon — is in the news after confirming he fathered a second secret lovechild with his stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout, 35.
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Aug 1, 2022 · By Alex Lauer. Updated August 1, 2022 7:30 am. Errol Musk, father of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Denver Post Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon via Getty. If you dare brave the treacherous waters that surround Elon Musk on social media, sooner or later you’re going to come across the claim that his father, Errol Musk, owns an emerald mine.
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Aug 1, 2022 · Tech. Elon Musk's dad says he's not proud of Elon alone because the whole family has done 'a lot of things for a long time' Kate Duffy. Aug 1, 2022, 3:03 AM PDT. Errol Musk, left, the...
Apr 5, 2024 · Updated. Apr 5, 2024, 10:43 AM PDT. Maye Musk and Elon Musk. Reuters/Danny Moloshok. Elon Musk's parents are Errol Musk, an engineer, and Maye Musk, a model and dietitian. Elon and...
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