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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 Elon Musk, restaurateur Kimbal Musk, and filmmaker Tosca Musk. He has been married to Maye Musk 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 to a South African father and a British mother.

Career

He worked as a pilot, a sailor, an electrical, a mechanical engineer, a consultant, and a property developer, before retiring early. He was 50% owner of an emerald mine on Lake Tanganyika, which he funded by selling an airplane.

In 1972 He was elected to the Pretoria City Council as a representative of the anti-apartheid Progressive Party, with the Musk children reportedly sharing their father's dislike of apartheid.

Family

Musk met Maye Haldeman when he was 11 years old and they were childhood friends before marrying in 1970. She gave birth to their son Elon in 1971, and the family lived in Pretoria, where Maye worked as a dietician and a model. Later the couple gave birth to son Kimbal and later daughter Tosca. After nine years of marriage, Maye and Errol divorced, and both sons moved in with their father.

Musk was married to Heide Bezuidenhout for eighteen years and helped her raise her young daughter Jana Bezuidenhout, a child from a previous relationship. At the time of their marriage, Jana Bezuidenhout was only four years old and lived together with them. 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. At the time of their daughter's birth, according to The Times, Musk was 72 and Jana Bezuidenhout was 30 years old. He has a total of seven children and as of 2022 lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

See also

References

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  3. ^ Anna Crowley Redding,(2019). Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World. United States: Feiwel & Friends.
  4. "50 years of Elon Musk's huge wealth, from emeralds to SpaceX and Tesla". The Independent. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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  8. Strauss, Neil (15 November 2017). "Elon Musk: The Architect of Tomorrow". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  9. Dolan, Kerry A. "How To Raise A Billionaire: An Interview With Elon Musk's Father, Errol Musk". Forbes. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  10. Biggs, Jade (15 July 2022). "Elon Musk's dad reveals he fathered an "unplanned" child with his stepdaughter". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  11. Crilly, Rob (25 March 2018). "Elon Musk's father has baby with step-daughter he has known since she was four". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  12. Biggs, Jade (15 July 2022). "Elon Musk's dad reveals he fathered an "unplanned" child with his stepdaughter". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  13. "Elon Musk's father confirms second child with his own stepdaughter - report". The Independent. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  14. Farah, Lynn (15 June 2022). "Meet Elon Musk's controversial father, Errol". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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