Elon Musk is a well-known entrepreneur and tech expert who has had a major influence in the technology and space industries. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa on June 28, 1971, and demonstrated his talents in computers and business at a young age. Later, he moved to the United States to study at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned degrees in economics and physics.
Musk began his journey with Zip2, a company he co-founded in 1996, providing online city guides and maps. Compaq purchased it for nearly $300 million in 1999. Later, Musk founded X.com, an online payment company that eventually became PayPal through a merger. eBay acquired PayPal for $1.5 billion in 2002, bringing Musk great wealth.
In 2002, Elon Musk started a company called SpaceX, which stands for Space Exploration Technologies Corp. His goal was to make space travel cheaper so that people could eventually live on Mars. SpaceX has reached many important goals, like creating the Falcon and Starship rockets, and it was the first private company to send astronauts to the International Space Station.
In 2004, Musk became part of Tesla Motors (now Tesla, Inc.), first as chairman and then as CEO. Tesla changed the car industry with its electric cars like the Model S, Model 3, and Model X. They've also started making energy storage and solar energy items to help speed up the switch to sustainable energy worldwide.
Elon Musk is involved in more than just SpaceX and Tesla. He started Neuralink, a company that works on technology to connect our brains to machines. He also created The Boring Company, which builds tunnels and works on infrastructure. Plus, he came up with the idea for the Hyperloop, a super-fast way to travel.
People are really talking about the argument between Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Italy's Angela Carini on the internet.
Khelif won the welterweight fight when her opponent gave up after 46 seconds, but she got disqualified from the 2023 World Championships because she didn't pass the gender eligibility tests. They said she had too much testosterone.
The Algerian athlete being at the games this year has made a lot of people mad on the internet. Carini posted on X saying, “Men shouldn't be in women's sports #IStandWithAngelaCarini.”
The tech billionaire backed it up by replying to the tweet with one word: ‘Absolutely'.
Absolutely https://t.co/twccUEOW9e
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 1, 2024
Other celebrities expressed their opinions – YouTuber and boxer Logan Paul said:
“A man was allowed to beat up a woman on a global stage, crushing her life's dream while fighting for her deceased father This delusion must end,”
Mark Adams, who speaks for the International Olympic Committee, mentioned:
“I repeat that all the competitors comply with the eligibility rules.”
“But what I would say is that this involves real people. And, by the way, this is not a transgender issue. I should make this absolutely clear,”
The IOC said:
“Everyone competing in the women's category is complying with the competition eligibility rules,” Adams said. “They are women in their passports and it's stated that this is the case, that they are female.”
