Elon Musk's parents: Errol and Maye Musk, the figures behind the Tesla CEO's success

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Maye Musk and Elon Musk.

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Elon Musk's dad said he turned down a free Tesla from his son

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Errol Musk (left) said Elon Musk (right) offered to ship a Tesla to South Africa for him.

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Elon Musk's dad, 77, says he'd have more kids — but only if he could find a woman under 35

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Errol Musk, the father of Elon Musk, told Insider he'd be open to having more children.

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Elon Musk worried his father was 'uncomfortably attentive' to his stepdaughter when she was 15, biographer says. His father later had 2 kids with her.

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Elon Musk was worried that that Errol Musk was "uncomfortably attentive" to his stepdaughter, Walter Isaacson said.

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Errol Musk denies berating his son after an attack at school put Elon Musk in hospital

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Elon Musk had just $4,000 when he moved to Canada and shared a room with 5 other people: book

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Elon Musk was 17 when he left South Africa.

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Elon Musk 'associates love with being mean or abusive,' Grimes told biographer Walter Isaacson

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Grimes told Walter Isaacson that Elon Musk "associates love with being mean or abusive" because of his father.

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Elon Musk's ex-wife told his biographer that deep inside the Tesla CEO 'is this manchild still standing in front of his father'

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Elon Musk's ex-wife, actress Talulah Riley, said that deep inside, Elon Musk is a "manchild" still standing in front of his father, according to Musk's biographer Walter Isaacson.

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Elon Musk really was telling the truth by saying his father Errol never owned an emerald mine, biographer says

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Errol Musk is Elon Musk's father.

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Elon Musk's dad says he's worried the Tesla CEO might be assassinated following a report about his influence on government decisions

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Elon Musk.

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