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| '''Errol Musk''' (born 1946) is a retired South African pilot, sailor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, consultant, property developer, and emerald mining magnate. | |||
| He is the father of business magnate and billionaire ], restauranteur ], and filmmaker ]. He has been married to ] and also to Heide Bezuidenhout, and has two children with Bezuidenhout's daughter Jana Bezuidenhout. | |||
| == Early life and education == | |||
| Errol Musk was born in South Africa in 1946<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bienasz |first=Gabrielle |title=Who Is Elon Musk’s Dad Errol Musk? |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/431538 |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Entrepreneur |language=en}}</ref> to a South African father and a British mother.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=May |first=Dana Hull and Patrick |date=20 April 2014 |title=Exploring the otherworldly ambitions of Elon Musk |url=https://buffalonews.com/business/local/exploring-the-otherworldly-ambitions-of-elon-musk/article_2fc57479-93eb-5016-b724-016b48a4f4f3.html |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Buffalo News |language=en}}</ref> | |||
| == Career == | |||
| He worked as a pilot, a sailor, an electrical, a mechanical engineer, a consultant, and a property developer, before retiring early.<ref name=":0" /> He was 50% owner of an emerald mine on ],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">Anna Crowley Redding,(2019). ''Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World''. United States: ].</ref> which he funded by selling an airplane.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-28 |title=50 years of Elon Musk’s huge wealth, from emeralds to SpaceX and Tesla |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/space/elon-musk-birthday-ceo-tesla-b1874017.html |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> | |||
| == Family == | |||
| Musk met Maye Musk (] Haldeman; born in 1948 in ]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vargas |first=Chanel |date=March 6, 2018 |title=11 Things to Know About Stunning 69-Year-Old Model Maye Musk |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/a18205769/maye-musk-facts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307023138/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/a18205769/maye-musk-facts/ |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |access-date=March 25, 2020 |website=Town & Country}}</ref>) when he was 11 years old and they were childhood friends before marrying in 1970.<ref name=":1">''Abhishek Kumar, A COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF ELON MUSK''. (2021). (n.p.): ].</ref> She gave birth to their son Elon in 1971,<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Holson |first=Laura M. |date=2016-04-30 |title=At 68, Maye Musk, the Mother of Elon, Is Reclaiming the Spotlight |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/fashion/elon-musk-mother-maye-musk-model-met-gala.html |access-date=2022-07-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and the family lived in ],<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Neil |last2=Strauss |first2=Neil |date=2017-11-15 |title=Elon Musk: The Architect of Tomorrow |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-the-architect-of-tomorrow-120850/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dolan |first=Kerry A. |title=How To Raise A Billionaire: An Interview With Elon Musk's Father, Errol Musk |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2015/07/02/how-to-raise-a-billionaire-an-interview-with-elon-musks-father-errol-musk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703011435/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2015/07/02/how-to-raise-a-billionaire-an-interview-with-elon-musks-father-errol-musk/ |archive-date=July 3, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2022 |website=Forbes}}</ref> where Maye worked as a dietician and a model.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> Later the couple gave birth to son ] and later daughter ].<ref name=":1" /> After nine years of marriage, Maye and Errol divorced, and both sons moved in with their father.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /> | |||
| Musk was married to Heide Bezuidenhout for eighteen years and helped her raise her young daughter Jana Bezuidenhout, a child from a previous relationship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biggs |first=Jade |date=2022-07-15 |title=Elon Musk's dad reveals he fathered an "unplanned" child with his stepdaughter |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a40621623/errol-musk-fathered-child-with-stepdaughter/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Crilly |first=Rob |date=2018-03-25 |title=Elon Musk's father has baby with step-daughter he has known since she was four |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/25/elon-musks-father-has-baby-step-daughter-has-known-since-four/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Later in life, after splitting from Heide Bezuidenhout, he fathered two children with her daughter (his former step-daughter) Jana Bezuidenhout; a son born in 2017 and a daughter born in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-15 |title=Elon Musk’s father confirms second child with his own stepdaughter - report |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-errol-musk-children-stepdaughter-b2123744.html |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> At the time of their daughter's birth, according to ], Musk was 72 and Jana Bezuidenhout was 30 years old.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Farah |first=Lynn |date=2022-06-15 |title=Meet Elon Musk’s controversial father, Errol |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3181794/meet-elon-musks-controversial-father-errol-tesla-ceo |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> He has a total of seven children and as of 2022 lives in South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Groß |first=Antonia |last2= |first2= |date=15 July 2022 |title=Errol Musk hat Kind mit Stieftochter: „Wir sind zum Fortpflanzen auf der Welt“ |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/vater-von-elon-errol-musk-hat-kind-mit-stieftochter-wir-sind-zum-fortpflanzen-auf-der-welt-li.246884 |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Berliner Zeitung |language=de}}</ref> | |||
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