5 Newest and interesting Facts About Elon Musk

In 2013, Musk nearly sold Tesla to Google for $11 billion, according to Ashlee Vance, author of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future.

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Musk is a massive fan of video games, and often ends up staying back at work playing games like World of Warcraft or Counterstrike with his employees.

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When the Iron Man series was being conceptualised, the “genius billionaire playboy philanthropist” character of Tony Stark was modelled on Elon Musk, with actor Robert Downey Jr spending time with Musk to observe his mannerisms.

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He has often criticised Facebook, which has often found itself in hot water over privacy concerns.

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The Tesla CEO is a big fan of the X-Men and he had once decided to name some of the robots at his Tesla facility after mutant superheroes like Xavier, Storm, Wolverine, Colossus and Iceman.

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Musk has, in fact, named one of his sons, Xavier, after Professor Xavier from the X-Men.

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