I came to North America at 17 with $2,000: Billionaire Elon Musk
The South African-born billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk on Sunday said that he arrived in North America when he was 17 years old, with $2,000 cash, a backpack and a suitcase full of books. Adding that he paid his way through college, he revealed he dropped out of Stanford University with $1,10,000 in college debt.