Elon Musk on his success: 'America is the land of opportunity – there is no other country where I could have done this'
May 26, 2020 at 17:58 PM EDT
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, was born in South Africa, but always wanted to move to the U.S. And at age 17, he arrived in North America with only $2,000, a backpack and a suitcase full of books. Today, he is worth $36.8 billion.