him 49-years-old. Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa, where he lived until he moved to Canada at age 17. He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship. Net Worth: $151 billion Facts about Elon Musk • At the age of 12, Elon Musk created and sold a video game to a magazine. The space fighting game called ‘Blaster’ was sold to PC and Office Technology magazine for $500. Musk also worked at a gaming start-up called ‘Rocket Science’. • Because of the lack of funding, Musk had to invest his own money into the development of SpaceX rockets. Currently, the company has a $1.6 billion contract with NASA for resupply missions and eventually ferrying people to and from the International Space Station. • Both of Musk’s successes, SpaceX as well as Tesla, had come very close to failing. While the first three rockets failed to launch the fourth was a success and the Roadster went through several production problems. • Musk was named one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire magazine.