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| {{Short description|South African businessman, father of Elon Musk}}'''Errol Musk''' is a retired South African pilot, sailor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, consultant, and property developer. He is the father of business magnate ad billionaire ]. | |||
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| == Early life and education == | |||
| Errol Musk was born in South Africa 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> | |||
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| == Career == | |||
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| He worked as a pilot, a sailor, an electrical, a mechanical engineer, a consulting and a property developer being retiring early<ref name=":0" /> He was a part 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> | |||
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| == Family == | |||
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| Musk met Maye Musk (born 1948) when he was 11 year old and was a childhood friend before marrying her in 1970.<ref name=":1">''Abhishek Kumar, A COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF ELON MUSK''. (2021). (n.p.): ].</ref> She gave birth to Elon Musk June 27 1971 and the family lived in Pretoria.<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> Maye worked as a dietician.<ref name=":1" /> Later the couple gave birth to son ] and later daughter ].<ref name=":1" /> After Maye and Errol divorced both sons moved in with their father.<ref name=":2" /> In a 2017 '']'' interview, Elon Musk stated that his Errol Musk had done “almost every crime you can think of. It’s so terrible, you can’t believe it”.<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> | |||
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| 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 step-daughter, Jana Bezuidenhout; a 2017 son and a 2019 daughter.<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> His daughter was born, according to The Times, when Musk was 72 and Jana Bezuidenhout was 30 years old.<ref name=":3" /> | |||
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