Kimbal Musk
| Kimbal Musk | |
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| Born |
September 20, 1972 Pretoria, South Africa |
| Alma mater | Queen's University (1995) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, environmentalist |
| Relatives |
Elon Musk (brother) Tosca Musk (sister) Maye Musk(mother) |
Kimbal Musk (born September 20, 1972) is a South African-born Canadian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and environmentalist who has invested in several technology and food companies. He owns The Kitchen Cafe, LLC, a family of community restaurants located in Boulder, Fort Collins, Denver, Glendale, and Chicago.
He co-founded The Kitchen Community, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings outdoor vegetable gardens called "Learning Gardens" to schoolyards and community spaces. He sits on the boards of Tesla Inc., SpaceX, and Chipotle Mexican Grill. He is the younger brother of billionaire businessman Elon Musk and a major Tesla shareholder.
Musk grew up in an ambitious household, with his brother Elon, sister Tosca, and many cousins. His mother was a prominent dietitian, and his father had his own engineering practice. After finishing high school in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk left to meet his brother in Kingston, Ontario and enrolled in university to pursue a degree in business at Queen's University. While in school, Musk first worked at Scotiabank. He graduated with his degree from Queen's University in 1995.
Musk's first entrepreneurship venture was a residential painting business with College Pro Painters in 1995, when he and his elder brother, Elon started their second company, Zip2. Zip2 Corporation was an online city guide that provided content for the new online versions of the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune newspapers. The company was sold in 1999 to Compaq for $307 million.
After selling Zip2, Musk invested in several young software and technology companies. Musk was an early investor in his brother’s venture X.com, an online financial services and email payments company. X.com merged with PayPal, which in October 2002 was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock.
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