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- Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk shines new light on the world's richest person.
- Musk once took a safari during a vacation to his native South Africa but contracted malaria.
- While Musk was in hospital, colleagues found he'd taken out a $100 million life insurance policy.
The new biography of Elon Musk might explain one reason why the world's richest person seems to dislike vacations: he contracted malaria while on safari in South Africa in 2000.