The SpaceX billionaire’s father raised him in ‘one of the biggest houses’ in South Africa, before Elon claimed he moved him, his wife Maye, and the rest of the family to Malibu, California

Elon Musk is one of the richest men in the world – but remains an enigma to many. Not much is known about his private life, his upbringing in South Africa or his relationship with his family. The secrecy has resulted in many myths around the Tesla and SpaceX boss who has been called “the architect of tomorrow”.

Reportedly affluent even before Elon’s success, Errol is also riddled with scandal, from impregnating his stepdaughter Jana Bezuidenhout to allegedly killing three people in ‘self-defence’

Musk has, in the past, been vocal about some aspects of his life. In a rare interview back in 2017 with Rolling Stone, he spoke about being bullied while living in Pretoria, South Africa and his relationship with his father, Errol. It’s a relationship that has been riddled with tension, but now a healing union might have begun