He Once Cleaning Boiler Rooms To Earn Money. Today He Became The World's First Trillionaire

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Last Updated:June 12, 2026, 22:16 IST

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, became the world's first trillionaire after shares of his rocket company SpaceX surged 11 per cent to USD 150 on their first day of trading

Born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, Elon Musk had a difficult childhood marked by family struggles and bullying (Image credit: Reuters)

At a young age, he developed a deep passion for reading and technology, teaching himself computer programming (Image credit: Reuters)

At 12, Musk created and sold the code for a space-themed game called Blastar for USD 500. He emigrated to Canada in 1989 and eventually relocated to the United States. (Image credit: Reuters)

In Canada, Elon Musk worked as a cleaner in a lumber mill boiler room as a teenager, which he has described as one of the most dangerous and difficult jobs he ever had

Musk attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with bachelor’s degrees in both Physics and Economics. After briefly enrolling at Stanford University for a Ph.D. in applied physics, he dropped out after just two days to pursue the emerging internet boom (Image credit: AFP)

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