hi and welcome to English fabula are you learning English great let's learn English with a very interesting story don't forget to subscribe like and comment let's get started introduction Welcome to our Channel today we're going to learn about Elon Musk the first thing that you probably remember when you hear his name is of course money perhaps because he's not just wealthy he's the richest person in the world maybe even in history he has over $440 billion that's amount of money is so huge that it's enough to give $50 to every person in the world and still have billions left how did he get so rich many would think hard work or a great idea but here's the thing it's not just hard work or ideas millions of people work really hard Millions have very great ideas but they don't become billionaires do they so what makes musk different we will talk about what decision he made to become so rich but this story isn't just about money though it's a story about loving what you do working smart and taking huge risks we're going to look at how a young boy from South Africa became a name known all over the world we'll learn how his companies like Tesla and SpaceX change the world this video will take you on a journey from his childhood to his great plans for the future it's a story that will make you think about what's possible and maybe even make you to dream bigger chapter one early life in South Africa Elon Musk was born in 1971 in a city called ptor in South Africa it is a beautiful place but it was also a difficult place to grow up Elon lived with his family his mother may was a model and a dietitian his father arrol was an engineer Elon also had a younger brother Kimble and a younger sister Tusa Elon was a very curious child he liked to ask questions he wanted to know how things worked he also loved to read he read many many books he read science fiction books books about computers and books about building things he liked to imagine new worlds and new possibilities when Elon was young he was very interested in computers it was the early days of computers and not many people had them at home but Elon wanted to learn more he taught himself how to program computers programming is like giving instructions to a computer to make it do things he was very good at it he was a natural at this school was not always easy for Elon he was a very smart boy but he did not always fit in some other children were not very nice to him he was often alone he preferred to read books than play with other children it was difficult for him he sometimes had problems with bullies elon's relationship with his father was not easy they did not always understand each other they had different ideas about many things this made life at home difficult sometimes elon's father was very demanding he pushed Elon hard this was not always good for Elon elon's family was not very rich they had enough to live on but they did not have a lot of extra money this made Elon think about how he could become successful he wanted to make a better life for himself he wanted to do great things as Elon Grew Older he started to feel like he did not belong in South Africa he wanted to go somewhere different he wanted to go somewhere where he could learn more and do more he started to think about leaving South Africa South Africa had a rule that young men had to join the Army Elon did not want to join the Army he did not think it was right he also wanted to study in other countries he knew that he needed to leave South Africa to follow his dreams he wanted to be free to think and create he wanted to be an engineer and an inventor he wanted to change the world so when he was 17 years old Elon made a big decision he decided to leave South Africa he decided to go to a new country far away from home he chose to go to Canada Canada was a new beginning for him it was a place where he could start his new life he was excited about the future he was ready for a new adventure he was ready to learn and grow leaving South Africa was a big step for Elon it was the end of one chapter in his life and the beginning of another it was the start of his journey to become the person he is today it was the beginning of his dream to change the World chapter 2 moving to North America at 17 years old Elon made a big decision he left South Africa and moved to Canada it was a very different place everything was new from the people to the weather he went to University in Canada Life as a student was hard work but he learned a lot he studied hard at University in Ontario he liked learning about science and business after some time Elon wanted to study in the United States he was accepted to the University of Pennsylvania this was a very good University he moved to the USA and started his studies there at the University of Pennsylvania Elon got two degrees he studied economics and physics these were very different subjects but he liked both he was a very smart student after graduating he decided to go to Stanford University to study for a PhD a PhD is a very high level of education but Elon didn't stay at Stanford for very long he was not interested in just studying he had ideas for new companies he wanted to build things and make them real so so he decided to leave the PHD program he wanted to start his own company he knew it was a big risk but he was ready to try he believed in his ideas and this was the start of a new adventure he was ready to make his ideas a reality chapter 3 first companies zip 2 and x. com after finishing his studies in America Elon didn't want to work for someone else he had big ideas and wanted to build his own companies his first big project was zip 2 he started zip 2 with his brother Kimble zip 2 was a company that made software for online City Guides imagine a map of a city but on a computer businesses could pay to be on the map so people could find them easily this was a new idea in the 1990s when the internet was just becoming popular starting zip 2 was hard work Elon and Kimble didn't have much money they worked long hours and faced many problems sometimes they didn't have enough money to pay their bills but they kept going they believed in their idea slowly zip 2 started to do well more and more businesses wanted to be on their online Maps they started making money then in 1999 a big company called compac bought zip 2 for a lot of money Elon became a millionaire this was a big success for him but Elon didn't stop there he had other ideas he wanted to try he started a new company called x. com x.
com was a company for online banking and email payments this meant people could send money to each other online using their computers this was also a new idea at the time x. com was a good idea but it wasn't the only company doing this there was another company called confini doing something similar so x.
