On what date was Elon Musk born?

Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa.

His birth date places him among the generation that came of age as personal computers and the early internet expanded. Musk developed an interest in computing while young and later moved from South Africa to Canada before pursuing university studies in North America.

Some references display dates in different formats, such as 28 June 1971, which can make the date look different without changing the underlying fact. The year is also sometimes confused with the founding dates of Musk’s best-known companies, including SpaceX, founded in 2002, and Tesla, founded in 2003.

Musk’s later career spans internet software, electric vehicles, launch systems, artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, and tunneling. His birth date is a stable biographical fact shared across major reference sources.