Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done., He was such a terrible human being. Instead, they focus on describing how hard he worked in his teenage years and early adulthood, how much debt he accrued by attending college and his disdain for his father. My own (wonderful) mother told me I am ruthless and should learn to be more humane. But I love my children and would readily do whatever for them.. Not for 'At Least' a Few Weeks, Says Elon Musk, Elon Musk's Ex Justine Calls Twitter Employees' Letter Protesting Reported Staff Cuts a 'Very Bad Idea', Elon Musk Says He's Buying Twitter to 'Help Humanity' And Doesn't Want It to Be 'Free-for-All Hellscape', Elon Musk Says Kanye West's Twitter Was Reinstated Before He Took Over the Company, Elon Musk Plans to Cut 75 Percent of Twitter's Workforce If He Takes Over the Company: Report. An avid pilot and sailor, as well as an electrical and mechanical engineer, he made his money consulting and developing properties and retired early. The claim attracted a response from the billionaire, who said that the claim isn't true. Though Errol has made headlines in recent years after the births of his two youngest children, he seemingly avoids the spotlight. He continued: He grabbed some weapons, as you could see on the cameras there were some intruders that were coming over the walls, and they were also armed. "[4][8], In 1972, he was elected to the Pretoria City Council as a representative of the anti-apartheid Progressive Party. [20] Musk has a total of seven children. Address: Riverbank House, 1 Putney Bridge Approach, London, SW6 4TJ. Although Musk said that his father was brilliant at engineering in the Rolling Stone interview, thats where the praise ended. Are you prioritizing your cable entertainment bill over protecting and investing in your family? So I became a half owner of the mine, and we got emeralds for the next six years.. Elon was a witness to this, bullets flying around, Cattrell further claimed. For the state of Texas, The Onion printed, "Elon Musk: Apartheid.". So it was very formative for him. "I started my first company with $2,500, and I had one computer and a car that I bought for $1,400, and all that debt. The Daily Mail has reported that Errol was a multimillionaire before the age of 30. Errol Musk was born in Pretoria South Africa to Walter Henry James and Cora Amelia Robinson. To add to the truth, we went to Boston Chicken in Philadelphia for Thanksgiving because we couldnt afford a turkey. In the meantime, Musk continues to make waves on multiple technological fronts, all while raising concerns about workers' rights and income inequality. R/EnoughMuskSpam via Reddit.com, 5 Dec. 2019, www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/e6j76f/his_family_stole_an_emerald_mine/. Elon may have been 6 or 7 years old at the time and begged his dad to get him a ticket to a very early computer conference in South Africa. Errol built his wealth as a prominent electromechanical engineer and entrepreneur in South Africa, reports The South African. He's the son of Maye Musk, a model and dietitian from Canada, and Errol Musk, a South African electromechanical engineer, pilot, and sailor. ", She added, "He was very rich, but he made sure I had nothing. There was a shooting in the living room, and I guess his father shot them dead. We reached out to Clash and Forbes PR to ask why the interview was no longer available. Here's what to know about Elon Musk's estranged father, Errol Musk. We sought evidence in the case that they still had any documentation from past decades about the mine, the around $100,000 in student debt that Elon has repeatedly said he had accumulated during college, or anything else related to Elon's early finances that they have mentioned in past interviews. However, Errol also told the outlet that life in apartheid South Africa was ultimately "better" and "safer" than it is today. "Tesla, Inc."Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tesla-Motors. @Keewa tweeted on May 9, 2020, Remind: Elon Musk inherited money from his fathers apartheid emerald mine, that doesnt mean hes clever. In the interview, the Tesla owner briefly mentioned that his father had a share in an emerald mine in Zambia. According to Ashlee Vances 2017 biography of the Tesla founder, The Musk family owned one of the biggest houses in Pretoria thanks to the success of Errols engineering business, which included large projects such as office buildings, retail complexes, residential subdivisions, and an air force base.. Bill Gates' mom helped Microsoft get a deal with IBM. My dad will have a carefully thought-out plan of evil. The Associated Press, 20 July 2021, https://apnews.com/article/business-science-3546262d41f4c84763aa15339f642a5a. He has also fathered two children, a son and a daughter, with his stepdaughter Jana Bezuidenhout. "He also claims he was getting emeralds from other sources, with only 60-70% coming from this venture." "We went to this guy's prefab [home] and he opened his safe," Errol said. Your membership is the foundation of our sustainability and resilience. He has a net worth of $2 million and is living quite comfortably. South Africa Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican Number: 2005/028472/07. Jack @lets_gobaby tweeted, Ok but how does inheriting money mean you arent smart?. According to reporting we reviewed, the stake his father had in the emerald mine appeared to have both started and ended in the 1980s. We were going to fly into Jeddah and there was a religious holiday and they said if we come in now we have to pay $2,000 but if we wait 10 days we can come in at no charge. In Errol's case, we sent a message to his Facebook profile. The article's headline was changed in late July or early August 2020, which appeared to be after Errol made his Facebook poston July 27, which called the dated article's claims into question. "He didn't own an emerald mine & I worked my way through college, ending up ~$100k in student debt," Elon tweeted in December 2019. So I thought, I can be company. Yeah, I was sad for my father. In addition to Elon, Errol is dad to son Kimbal Musk and daughters Tosca, Alexandra and Asha Rose Musk. A recurring theme on social media is the claim that Musks father owned an emerald mine and paid for his sons privileged upbringing and education. Musk has denied that story. The child, a boy named Elliot Rush, is now 5 years old. So I became a half owner of the mine, and we got emeralds for the next six years., When the Tesla CEO was around 16 years old, he and his brother Kimbal sold two emeralds to Tiffany & Co. on Fifth Avenue in New York City while Errol snoozed, according to what Musk's father told Business Insider South Africa. The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2009, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/08/24/plugged-in. Born in 1971, Musk grew up in Pretoria, South Africa. The wealth earned from the investment in the mine was quantified to be about $400,000 USD, taking into account inflation when Arnold's piece was written in 2021, according to Errol. Standing with the cash in his hand, Errol was made another offer he couldnt refuse: Would he like to buy half an emerald mine for half of his new riches? It was authored by Jeremy Arnold with The Save Journalism Committee. 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. Here is the incredible true story of Errol Musk and the striking similarities he shares with his powerful son. It is still hard to discern whether this story is true and what conclusions can be drawn. "Like every abused woman, I was embarrassed, and I knew I had made a mistake, you know? Image via Instagram @mayemusk. Inside the fabulous Dior couture world of 'Mrs. Since at least 2018, a rumor has been shared online about Tesla CEO and Twitter owner Elon Musk in regard to his father's purported past ownership of an "apartheid emerald mine" or "slave emerald mine." It was kind of weird for them to walk into Tiffanys. Theyre the same, except for the fact that he is a billionaire, started multiple successful companies and doesnt live in his mothers basement. [2] In 1969, he became a 50% owner of an emerald mine on Lake Tanganyika,[2][5] that he bought for 40,000, funded by selling an airplane for 80,000 (the equivalent of 320,000 today). Errol Musk was born in 1946 in Pretoria to Walter Henry James Musk and Cora Amelia Robinson. Musk responded about the time when the photo was clicked. Whats very difficult for others is easy for me. Elon was said to be particularly furious that his father had impregnated his stepsister. "He didn't own an emerald mine & I worked my way through college, ending up ~$100k in student debt. "Elon Musk's family owns an emerald mine" was corrected to "Elon Musk's family once owned an emerald mine." [14], Musk was married to Heide Bezuidenhout for eighteen years and helped her raise her young daughter Jana Bezuidenhout, a child from a previous relationship. EM: Company death not succeeding with the company causes me a lot more stress than physical danger. In a 2017 email to employees which the company later released in response to one of the lawsuits, Elon warned against being a huge jerk to members of a historically less represented group. He also wrote, if someone is a jerk to you, but sincerely apologizes, it is important to be thick-skinned and accept that apology.. With his new riches, Errol also bought half of an emerald mine. "Elon Musk Is the Hero America Deserves." Errol was elected to the Pretoria City Council in 1972 and was an outspoken advocate for abolishing apartheid. 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Heres his story. There is a more nuanced conversation to be had about how Elon Musk specifically and South Africas white population in general benefitted from apartheid. "Back when I was ~$100k negative with student debt," he wrote. Errol Musk, the family's patriarch, is in the news after confirming he fathered a second secret love child with his stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout, 35. Hull, Dana, and Patrick May. Ive tried everything. On Feb. 23, 2018, Business Insider SA published a story with the headline, "'We had so much money we couldn't even close our safe': Elon Musk's Dad tells BI about the family's insanely casual attitude to wealth." [6][7] In a 2018 interview with Business Insider, Musk boasted that as a result of the emerald mine "we had so much money we couldn't even close our safe. [17] 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. So we decided to head back to Lake Tanganyika from where we were, I think we were in Djibouti., Errol Musk (father of one Elon Musk) on raising one of the world's most famous billionaires: http://t.co/Fg8xmqN1L0 pic.twitter.com/LVJyMdebZK. This story will be updated if any further details come to light. Theyd seen I was sleeping in one morning, and they said, Oh lets just try, lets go.. ", The Tesla founder also said there was no way to repair his relationship with his father. People.Com, 7 Nov. 2022, https://people.com/human-interest/who-is-errol-musk-elon-musk-father/. "Exploring the otherworldly ambitions of Elon Musk", "How To Raise A Billionaire: An Interview With Elon Musk's Father, Errol Musk", "Who Is Elon Musk's Estranged Father? According to the story, in the mid-1980s, Errol and a copilot landed their plane near Lake Tanganyika in Zambia, where "a group of Italians" offered them 80,000 pounds in British currency in order to buy the plane. "Elon Musk's Vision of an Electric-Car Future." He will plan evil. [18][19] Musk described the first child as unplanned. He was only physically violent when I was very young., He also said, You have no idea about how bad. He didnt own an emerald mine, and I worked my way through college, ending up [around] $100,000 in student debt, Elon tweeted. My Dad provided 10% of a ~$200k angel funding round much later, but by then risk was reduced & round would've happened anyway.". In an interview with Express, Cattrell recalled: One night, they were sitting in the living room and his dad said Everybody down! 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Elon Musks bid to implant chips into human brains shot down by feds, How the feds spend $74M a year to try to censor Americans, US government-funded research tagged Americans for Twitter ban: report, Tesla stock slumps as Master Plan 3 event falls flat with investors, after confirming he fathered a second secret love child, once rumored to be the co-owner of a Zambian emerald mine, an outspoken advocate for abolishing apartheid, Ashlee Vances 2017 biography of the Tesla founder, that he welcomed twochildren with an executive, second child with his ex-girlfriend, Grimes. In the mid 1980s, Elon Musks father Errol and a copilot were on their way to England aboard a plane they hoped to sell when they landed there. There, the two South Africans ran into a group of Italians who, as it happened, were in the market for an airplane. Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done. "I was active in opposing the National Party and their apartheid," he said in the post." Elon Musk has a wild story!" he captioned it. While he has given a few rare interviews, much of the publicly known information about him has come from his estranged son Elon or his ex-wife Maye Musk, neither of whom have had complimentary things to say about the engineer and onetime emerald mine owner. Elon Musk said he and his brother have supported their father since he "ran out of money in 90s." He was reacting to a tweet saying he was from a family that owned an African emerald mine.. But little else is known about Errol outside of his native South Africa, where he has made a name for himself as a high-powered engineer, property developer and political advocate who vehemently opposed apartheid. It was that lifestyle, Errol says, that turned Elon into the kind of merchant adventurer who would later break the rules of the motoring business with Tesla, then go on to change spaceflight with SpaceX. "Can Elon Musk Really Get Us To Mars Within 10 Years?" Once the Musk emerald story started circulating, and information about Musk's father Errol's past business dealings got out, a cavalcade of internet poo-pooers flocked to Twitter to lambast Musk . This story was picked up by other news outlets and peddled as a sign of the Musk family's "lavish lifestyle. "We went to . I tried threats, rewards, intellectual arguments, emotional arguments, everything to try to change my father for the better, and he no way, it just got worse., Errol subsequently told the publication in an email: Ive been accused of being a Gay, a Misogynist, a Paedophile, a Traitor, a Rat, a St (quite often), a Bastard (by many women whose attentions I did not return) and much more. The story included reporting of Elon's denials that the emerald mine had provided any seed money for the wealth he would later accumulate. He just had a rich dad and a got lucky. In a February 2018 interview with Business Insider South Africa, Musk's father said he did own half share in an emerald mine in Zambia. In December 2019, Elon denied the emerald mine-and-lavish-lifestyle story on Twitter, saying it was a lie. Shame on you, Onion. In the mid-1980s, the family profited handsomely from Errol Musk's purchasing of an emerald mine, after selling their airplane for 80,000 (the equivalent of 320,000 today). He told The New York Times that as a member of the Progressive Party, he opposed apartheid. Answer these 2 simple questions & WIN R1000 in cash! "And then there'd still be all these notes sticking out and we'd sort of pull them out and put them in our pockets.". By email, Clash told us he had no idea why it was no longer hosted by Forbes. Meanwhile, Musk's defenders often say that the mogul has denied this story, though that is not precisely true either. I said, Oh, all right. Hes the son of Maye Musk, a model and dietitian from Canada, and Errol Musk, a South African electromechanical engineer, pilot, and sailor. Business Insider South Africa, 23 Feb. 2018, https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musks-dad-tells-bi-about-the-familys-casual-attitude-to-wealth-2018-2. His children were reportedly influenced by his liberal political views. As well as providing links, people started commenting Musk's own words back at him under his tweet. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. My dad will have a carefully thought-out plan of evil. "We were very wealthy. The buyer also offered Errol the option to buy half of an emerald mine with that cash. The Tesla CEO once called his South African dad 'evil' and denied rumours of family wealth fuelled by an emerald mine - but are they ready to reconcile? "What's very difficult for others is easy for me. Britannica.com, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Zip2. ", Five days later on Feb. 28, Business Insider SA published a second article with the headline, "Elon Musk's family owns an emerald mine in Zambia here's the fascinating story of how they came to own it.". Clearly, Elon Musk doesn't like being mocked. "I screwed up the marriage, I was totally responsible. ---. Friend, Tad. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Address: Regus Business Centre 1st Floor, Block B, North Park, Black River Park, 2 Fir Street, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa Postal: Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican, PO Box 44354, Claremont, 7735, South Africa, United Kingdom Blue Sky Publications Ltd Company Registration Number: 04683692. In the past, the Tesla CEO hasrespondedseveral times on Twitter about the emerald mine rumors. Eligon, John, and Lynsey Chutel. [4], Musk met Maye Haldeman when he was 11 years old and they were childhood friends before marrying in 1970. Elon Musk was highlighted as the wealthiest resident of Texas, Americas second-biggest state. Aside from that hes just dumb. In the biography Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, author Ashlee Vance wrote that Errol invested $28,000 in Elon and Kimbal's then-fledgling company, Zip2. Errol admitted to having affairs, but his ex-wife, now a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, said the problems in their marriage extended beyond infidelity, alleging that Errol was abusive. Kimbal is a millionaire who owns restaurant chains and spearheads a nonprofit education program, The Kitchen Community, which grows vegetables in the U.S. Tosca is a film producer and director. r/EnoughMuskSpam via Reddit.com, 18 Dec. 2021, https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/rj689s/elon_musk_and_the_emerald_mine/. The article was titled, "I Talked to Elon Musk about Journalism and the Blood Emeralds Story.". The New York Times, 5 May 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/world/africa/elon-musk-south-africa.html. Errol owned one of the largest homes in Pretoria and took his children on many overseas trips, according to the book, Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, written by Ashlee Vance. ", Errol and Elon have an acrimonious relationship. 2021, https://www.theonion.com/the-richest-person-in-every-state-and-how-they-made-the-1846312073. These tweets from December 2019 appeared to have stemmed, at least in part, from a since-deleted tweet from a user with the handle @1aprildaniels. He once tweeted he arrived in 1989, not 1988, however. It was not a good idea.. ", Though he claimed Elon and Kimbal were upset with him for fathering a child with a woman they felt was "their sister," Errol told The Sun, "The only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce.