US EditionElon Musk Accused of Working Illegally in the US During the 1990s
- President Joe Biden criticized Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for his past immigration status, stating Musk was an 'illegal worker' before becoming the world's wealthiest man.
- The Washington Post reported that Musk worked in the U.S. without a work visa before obtaining one in 1996.
- Musk initially came to the U.S. intending to attend graduate school but dropped out to start his business, Zip2.
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According to sources cited in the report, Musk only obtained a work permit in the USA around 1997.
Report: Elon Musk briefly worked illegally in U.S. in 1990s | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> The Washington Post reported on Saturday that South African-born billionaire businessman Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States during a brief period in the 1990s while building a startup company.
Trump admirer Elon Musk is campaigning against alleged illegal US immigrants and wants to close the borders. In doing so, he forgets that he was once in the country illegally himself.
South African-born billionaire Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States for a brief period in the 1990s while building his first company, according to The Washington Post, cited by Reuters. Musk arrived in Palo Alto, California, in 1995 to attend Stanford University, but never enrolled in an undergraduate program there. Instead, he developed the software company Zip2, which was sold in 1999 for about $300 million, according to the publica…
Musk often decries the number of undocumented immigrants coming to the US.
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