Musk didn't inherit his wealth, nor did he receive above average family support.
https://thetechleaders.com/was-elon-musk-born-rich-exploring...
https://thetechleaders.com/was-elon-musk-born-rich-exploring...
No, that isn't what made him rich now, holding onto paypal shares did, but part of the reason he could hold onto those shares is because he had a wealthy family supporting him so he could just sit on them.
If you don't think Musk grew up wealthy after listening to what he says about his childhood, I could only assume you also grew up in an extremely privileged environment and just don't realize how far above the median your life was.
Do you have a credible source for this? At best I'm seeing EDS conspiracy nuts (and Erol, though he seems to be all over the place).
> No, that isn't what made him rich now, holding onto paypal shares did
I think there's a little more to it than that.
> Part of the reason he could hold onto those shares is because he had a wealthy family supporting him so he could just sit on them.
He didn't hold on to them long, at most a year or so after he left (the sale to eBay was 2002).
And why would his family be supporting him when he was already a millionaire and had paid off his 100K+ student loans?
Again, do you have any credible sources for any of this?
that is an entirely separate question from if he grew up wealthy.
to be fair, i dont actually know how wealthy he grew up, i was relying on the general internet view that he did, but i haven't actually looked into it, so maybe that is wrong.