Elon Musk is one of the richest men in the world, with a fortune of more than $20 billion, according to Forbes.

He is the co-founder of Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX, and is one of the most eccentric billionaires.

Facts you may not have known about Elon Musk

His childhood

Elon is 48 years old and is originally from South Africa.

When Elon was a child, his parents thought he was deaf because he was lost in thought. Now his mother thinks he might have been designing rockets or something in his head.

Elon was bullied as a child. His classmates beat him up and caused him to have a deviated septum. In 2013, he had to undergo surgery because he had back pain and had difficulty breathing.

His mother recounted in Vance’s book that Elon had no friends and was a lonely child, but he learned martial arts and that gave him confidence.

His parents divorced when he was 10. He first went to live with his mother, but then moved in with his father in South Africa because he seemed lonely and sad.

He designed a video game at 12

In 1984, when he was 12, he designed and sold a video game called “Blastar and Musk” for $500.

He organized parties to pay for his studies

Musk earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and another in physics at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.

To pay for his studies, he organized parties at his house and charged $5 for admission.

When he was young, Elon would repair his car with scrap metal from a yard because he had no money.

In 1995, Musk enrolled in a postgraduate course in Physics at Stanford University, but dropped out after two days because he thought the Internet was more promising and founded the company Zip2.

Has 6 children

Their first child, named Nevada, died when he was just 10 months old.

He has 5 children (twins and triplets) with the author, Justine Wilson and a son with the singer Grimes.

Inspired Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man.

Musk told Robert Downey Jr. details of his life, which helped him with his character of Tony Stark.

In 2010, Elon lent the Space X factory for the filming of Iron Man 2 and had a cameo in the film.

His romantic partners

Elon married actress Talulah Riley in 2010, but they divorced in 2012 and remarried in 2013. They finally divorced in 2016.

Elon also had a relationship with Amber Heard, after her divorce from Johnny Depp, but the actor accused her of cheating on him with Musk.

Work non-stop

The billionaire told the NYT that he spent his 47th birthday working around the clock and has sometimes worked up to 120 hours a week.