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Elon Musk (born 28 June 1971) is a
CEO and Chief Designer and at Tesla Motors he is Product Architect. Musk is also Chairman of SolarCity
.
He holds a bachelor's degree in
The Wharton School
,
Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa to a Canadian mother, Maye (née Haldeman), and a South African father, Errol Musk. His mother's heritage includes Pennsylvania Dutch. His father is of South African Dutch and English descent.