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Eh, talk about average luck http://www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com/images/pretoria...

"Notable alumni includes two Nobel Prize laureates, 18 Rhodes scholars, eight Supreme Court judges, intellectuals and sportsmen"

His father owned several businesses, mines, etc.

There are two parts to being lucky:

1) What sort of luck comes your way? 2) Are you able to take advantage of the good luck and minimize the effects of bad luck?

If i'd had the exact same lucky breaks as Elon Musk I would not have been as successful, because I'm not as good at step 2 as he is.

I don't know, I just know he's one of the luckiest people on the planet. Even if we accept that there are, say, 100 million people who had the same luck in those three measures, that puts him the top 1.5% of the world's population. And that's all before he becomes an adult.