Frederic Legrand - COMEO / Shutterstock Elon Musk has ... key enterprises. Musk has been an entrepreneur for roughly 30 years, ever since he founded his first company, Zip2, in 1995.

The road to becoming the billionaire owner of Tesla, Space X, and X was bumpy. From his failures and successes, here is how Elon Musk made it.

Elon Musk at Tesla's assembly plant in Fremont ... lived there from 1995 to 2001 while building his first two companies, Zip2, an online business registry which was acquired in 1999 for $307 ...

Elon Musk, launch Tesla. Talking about his endeavors, Kimbal Musk has co-founded Zip2 Corporation, an early inventor of online maps, which was acquired by Compaq and later merged into Yahoo Maps ...

Rarely a day (or night) goes by in the current news cycle without Elon ... Zip2, which licensed digital city guides to newspapers. Zip2 sold in 1999 for $307 million (£250 million), with Musk ...

You might find yourself asking, "What companies does Elon Musk own? And what roles does he play in them?" In a moment, we'll explore his key enterprises. Musk has been an entrepreneur for roughly 30 ...