Elon Musk was under $100k student debt, there wasn’t any Emerald Mine; Musk confirms

There is a huge chance that at any point in your social media life, you stumbled upon a type of articles claiming that Elon Musk’s family once owned an emerald mine in Zambia.

Well, it sounds way too good to be true! Turns out, Elon Musk’s family never had any Emerald Mine. Instead, Musk was on a $100k student debt loan when he graduated.

Recently Musk took to Twitter to call out on a publication that claimed that Elon’s family once owned an Emerald Mine and lived a luxurious lifestyle. Musk said that his extended family is dependent on him and his brother for financial support and there wasn’t much luxury back in time.

Musk’s tweet read,

This article is false. – I arrived by myself in Canada in ‘89 with ~CA$2500
– Paid my own way through college, ending with ~$100k student debt
– Started 1st company with no funding & just one computer I built
– There’s no evidence whatsoever of an “emerald mine”.

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This article is false.
– I arrived by myself in Canada in ‘89 with ~CA$2500
– Paid my own way through college, ending with ~$100k student debt
– Started 1st company with no funding & just one computer I built
– There’s no evidence whatsoever of an “emerald mine”

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 25, 2021

Showing another article, Elon Musk said that his family is actually dependent on him and his brother for financial support for over 20 years.

“My father & his extended family have been dependent on financial support from my brother & me for over 20 years.”

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My father & his extended family have been dependent on financial support from my brother & me for over 20 years.

This article is actually accurate: https://t.co/eVpCX9V1NB

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 25, 2021