Kimbal Musk
| Kimbal Musk | |
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| Born | September 20, 1972 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Kimbal Musk (born September 20, 1972) is an entrepreneur who has helped found, advise and invest in several software and technology companies. He is the owner of The Kitchen restaurant in Boulder, Colorado. Musk sits on the board for Tesla Motors, OneRiot, and SpaceX,[1] and the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship.[2]
[edit] Early life
After finishing high school in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk left to meet his mother in Toronto, Canada and enrolled in college to pursue a degree in business at Queen's University. While in school, Musk first worked at Scotiabank, and then bought into a franchise for College Pro Painters.
[edit] Entrepreneurial activities
In 1995, he and his elder brother, Elon Musk started their first company, Zip2. Zip2 was an early content management company for the internet, and was the first to provide maps and door-to-door directions on the internet. Zip2 built online restaurant and city guides around the world in partnership with over 100 major media companies, including the New York Times. The company was sold in 1999 to Compaq for $307 million, one of the largest transactions of its kind in the internet industry.[3]
After selling Zip2, Musk invested in several young software and technology companies. Musk was an early investor in his brother’s venture X.com, an online financial services and email payments company. X.com changed its name to PayPal and in October 2002 was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock.[4]
While Elon stayed in California, Kimbal moved to New York[5] and enrolled into the French Culinary Institute in New York City. In April 2004, Musk opened The Kitchen, a community bistro in Boulder, Colorado with his friend Hugo Matheson.[6] The Kitchen has been named one of "America’s Top Restaurants" according to Food & Wine, Zagat’s, Gourmet, and the James Beard Foundation.[7]
Musk was the former CEO of OneRiot, an advertising network for the realtime, social web. He currently serves as Chairman for the company. Musk also sits on the board of directors for SpaceX Corp., Tesla Motors.[8] and The Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado at Boulder.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.techstars.org/mentors/kmusk/
- ^ http://leeds.colorado.edu/Deming/interior.aspx?id=548&ekmensel=c580fa7b_480_484_btnlink
- ^ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203771904574175812089196976.html
- ^ http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-941964.html
- ^ Wall Street Journal, Sara Lin, May 2009
- ^ http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/marinated-pork-chops-with-herb-salsa
- ^ http://www.coloradodaily.com/places/kitchen/
- ^ http://www.teslamotors.com/media/company_board.php
- ^ http://leeds.colorado.edu/Deming/interior.aspx?id=548&ekmensel=c580fa7b_480_484_btnlink
