Elon Musk, the man with the $218,700 million dollars who make him the richest person in the world, he is a character that generates news every day and this time he is again because his father, Mr. Errol Musk, spoke to AFP about what his son was like since childhood.
Errol Musk commented that his sons Elon and Kimbal were educated in austerity, like good “South African boys”, receiving from a young age the rigor and discipline that he learned in the army.
“I was a strict father. My word was law,” said the 76-year-old man at his home in Lanbebaan, near Cape Town, acknowledging that he delivered an education with a deliberate twist. macho.
Elon Musk was born in Pretoria on 28 June 1971. His father is an engineer and real estate developer and his mother Maye, a Canadian model.
Elon often talks about a sad childhood. When his youth arrived, he left South Africa to avoid military service at the harshest moment of apartheid, but before leaving the country he grew up mainly with his father after his parents’ divorce.
Mr. Errol remembers that they spoke little, just as he did with his military father, which explains his cold but affectionate relationship with Elon.
The father acknowledges that his son was always “cunning and reckless” and that at “four years old he was already listening to stories about politics and business”.
He also remembers that One day, Elon said that when he grew up, he would be a millionaire. An adult accompanying them at the time told him that he “could be disappointed”, which earned him an unfiltered truth from Elon, who replied: “Bah! I think you are stupid”.
Mr. Errol says that this has always been a peculiarity of his son, telling the truth without a filter even though it is sometimes hurtful, like when he told a classmate school a harsh comment about his father who had committed suicide. The partner threw Elon down the stairs and ended up hospitalized for violating the limits.
Errol and Elon grew apart when the father had a son in 2017 with his ex-wife’s daughter, 28 years younger. At that time the relationship was very affected but today it has improved. The last time she saw her famous son, who currently lives in Texas, was six years ago when they celebrated their 70 anniversary.
The father assures that there is affection between the two and that his son is very kind, since he received an email from Elon proposing to pay for a recent operation on his eye.
“Elon is very attentive. He truly believes it when he says that he wants to save humanity. It is not a slogan”, says Mr. Errol Musk about his millionaire son.
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