Leaving a toxic marriage to give her 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren a good living environment, billionaire Elon Musk’s mother realized her son was a prodigy at the age of 3.
Realizing my 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 was a prodigy at the age of 3
In a television interview, model Maye Musk (75 years old) – mother of the world’s second richest billionaire Elon Musk revealed that she knew her son was a prodigy since he was 3 years old. Even his teachers did not believe this.
“I knew my son was special from the beginning. When Elon was 3 years old, I sent him to kindergarten and told the teachers at school that my son was a genius, everyone was surprised. Elon was quite shy, so people didn’t see the genius side of him back then.
Elon Musk (white shirt) and his younger brother – Kimbal Musk, as 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren
“I was the only person Elon felt comfortable talking to, so I knew that. Ever since he was a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, Elon liked to use logic to talk to me and remember everything that happened around him,” Maye recalled.
When he grew up, billionaire Elon Musk only confided in his mother about his business plans and plans to pursue the development of solar energy technology, electric cars, rockets, spaceships, etc.
Whenever her son shared such grand plans with Mrs. Maye, she always advised him to give up and take a break, because she felt that her son was working too hard and might be stressed. But Elon often did not listen to his mother. As a result, we all see in the present, Elon Musk has become the richest billionaire in the world.
After all, Mrs. Maye realized: “My son should be free to pursue everything he wants. I have advised Elon to retreat from many plans, and he has never listened to me, the result is what we all see.”
According to Ms. Maye Musk, Elon Musk always had difficulty communicating. This happened even in Elon Musk’s adult years. Ms. Maye believes that it was her second son – Kimbal Musk who helped his brother Elon Musk achieve his first successes in the business field .
Elon Musk (red shirt) with his two brothers
Accordingly, the two brothers and some partners founded a company specializing in producing computer software in 1995. This company was later sold for 307 million USD in 1999. Elon Musk received 22 million USD for holding 7% of the company’s shares.
Thanks to his younger brother Kimbal being by his side, Elon didn’t have to make an effort to explain his ideas to his colleagues and partners, because Kimbal did that task.
After achieving some success in business, Elon Musk now understands that he can no longer avoid the media and meetings and dialogues.
Elon had to step into the “light” to build his personal image, with the hope that this could positively support the future projects that Elon Musk pursues.
Elon Musk and mother
“I remember the first time I read an interview with Elon, I was so shocked that I called my son and asked, ‘Hey Elon, did you just do an interview?’ My son said, ‘No one will sell me rocket building equipment because they don’t know who I am, I’ve never appeared in an interview before, Kimbal has always done that for me.’”
Leave toxic marriages for a better living environment for your 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren
Maye married engineer Errol Musk at the age of 22 in South Africa. The couple has three 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren: billionaire Elon Musk is the eldest son; the second son is Kimbal Musk – the owner of a chain of restaurants operating on a farm-to-table model; the youngest daughter is Toscar Musk – a filmmaker.
However, her marriage was not a happy one. Mrs. Maye said that she often had to listen to the angry yelling and screaming from her terrible husband, so she decided to divorce and took her 3 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren with her.
Mrs. Maye with her 3 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren
“Raising three 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren is not the hardest thing, the hardest thing is having a terrible spouse. I find my life better without him. Even though I didn’t have enough money to make ends meet at first, I didn’t get yelled at all the time.
It was not easy to leave, because I had lived in fear for a long time, I had no confidence in myself, I did not know if I could survive, but if I wanted to, I could still go back to that terrible situation, so I left to give myself and my 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren a choice to have a better life,” said Mrs. Maye.
After becoming a single mother, Maye took on multiple jobs to support her 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren: “I did everything, sometimes far from home. I went to work in the cold winter weather, but I didn’t have enough clothes and shoes to keep me warm. I kept telling myself that life would get better, but first I needed to work.
I have three 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren to support and I am out on the streets all day looking for work opportunities. I have had to accept a lot of rejections, but I keep moving forward to find the next opportunity.”
