Meet Elon Musk’s college bestie Navaid Farooq, who quit Musk’s first company, Zip2, after just six weeks.
They were in the same first-year dormitory at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada; like his now-billionaire pal, Farooq enjoyed strategy games and ‘had made no close friends in high school
The world’s richest person, Elon Musk is certainly no stranger to headlines, from his support of US president-elect Donald Trump and influence in Washington, to reports that he was building a secretive family compound in Austin, Texas. The Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder denied the claims, saying that he actually wants to create “a big futuristic art project”, per Page Si
While Musk has made his political ambitions clear, slivers of information around his private life are rarely available. He has spoken only a handful of times about his inner circle, one of whom was college mate Navaid Farooq
Meet the man who knew Musk before the billions
How did Navaid Farooq meet Elon Musk
It was 1990 and Farooq was in the same first-year dormitory as Musk at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Musk and Farooq were placed in the international section where a Canadian student was paired with a student from overseas, according to Ashlee Vance’s book Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX,
Elon Musk has always been cooking up something
Musk left South Africa for Canada when he was 17 years old, becoming a citizen through his Canadian-born mother, Maye Musk, per CNBC. Farooq’s father was Pakistani and his mother Canadian, according to The Globe and Mail. His parents worked for United Nations organisations, and he had been raised in Nigeria and Switzerland. “Like Elon, he had made no close friends in high school,” continues the so
Bonding over board game
Courtesy, Lynn Fara.
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