Elon Musk

3 days ago - In 1995, Musk, his brother Kimbal, and Greg Kouri founded the web software company Zip2 with funding from a group of angel investors. They housed the venture at a small rented office in Palo Alto.

5 days ago - He was on the board of Chipotle Mexican Grill from 2013 to 2019. He is the brother of Elon Musk, Tosca Musk, son of Errol and Maye Musk, and a major shareholder in Tesla. In 1995 he co-founded, with Elon, the software company Zip2, which was acquired by Compaq for $307 million in 1999.

Born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1972, Kimbal later moved to Canada to join Elon at Queen’s University, graduating with a business degree in 1995. During his studies, he gained valuable experience working at Scotiabank, which laid the foundation for his understanding of finance and business operations. The Musk siblings—Kimbal, Elon, and Tosca—grew up in a family deeply rooted in entrepreneurship.

November 21, 2024 - Meet Kimbal Musk, co-founded famous company with Elon Musk, later sold it for million dollars and then… ... Kimbal Musk, younger brother of Elon Musk, is a multi-talented person.

2 weeks ago - In 1995, Elon, his brother Kimbal, and Greg Kouri founded Global Link Information Network, later renamed Zip2. The company developed an Internet city guide with maps, directions, and yellow pages, and marketed it to newspapers.

1 day ago - He owns The Kitchen Restaurant Group, a collection of restaurants located in Colorado and Chicago. He is the co-founder and chairman of Big Green, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has built hundreds of outdoor classrooms called Learning Gardens in schoolyards across America.

April 27, 2025 - Also Read | Elon Musk to scale back DOGE role to prioritise Tesla; EV maker's stocks plunge · As per the website, Kimbal Musk co-founded online maps company Zip2 Corporation with brother Elon Musk, which was sold to Compaq for $307 million; ...

November 27, 2025 - Zip2 Corp. was a company that provided and licensed online city guide software to newspapers. The company was founded in Palo Alto, California, as Global Link Information Network, Inc. on November 9, 1995, by Greg Kouri and brothers Elon and Kimbal Musk.

March 24, 2022 - Kimbal is the youngest child of Errol and Maye Musk. They were raised in Pretoria, South Africa, but Elon and Kimbal moved to their mother’s native Canada in 1989. After graduating in 1995, it wasn’t long before the brothers started co-founding and investing in companies.

December 19, 2024 - Elon Musk's brother, Kimbal Musk, has a drone company that is changing the game when it comes to entertainment.

Musk conceived the idea of making it possible for computer users to find local businesses at a time when computers were not yet ubiquitous. He brought on his brother, Kimbal Musk, and a friend, Gregory Kouri, as partners.

The way the story is usually told, Musk didn’t know what kind of company he wanted to create, just that it should be an Internet company. In fact, he’d done an internship in Silicon Valley the previous summer, where he happened to hear a bungled pitch from a YellowPages sales rep for an online listing to go with the printed book. While the rep clearly didn’t know what he was talking about, Musk recognized that searchable web directories were a quick and easy way to offer value online. He began scheming with his brother Kimbal—who would join him in California as his co-founder and business partner—about ways to capture the opportunity.

November 2, 2015 - Kimbal Musk was 25 when he and his brother Elon (perhaps you’ve heard of him?) sold their first tech company, called Zip2, for around $300 million. Elon poured some of his money into his next venture, which later became PayPal.

January 7, 2025 - The Musk siblings (Kimbal, Elon and Tosca) were raised in a family with strong entrepreneurship roots. Their father, Errol Musk, is an electromechanical engineer and businessman from South Africa, and their mother, Maye Musk, is a Canadian model and dietician. Kimbal co-founded Zip2, a software company offering business directories and maps for newspapers along with his brother Elon, which was a kick-start to his entrepreneurial journey.

January 3, 2025 - Meet Elon Musk’s college bestie Navaid Farooq, who quit Musk’s first company, Zip2, after just six weeks.

June 2, 2025 - Originally known as Global Link Information Network, the company was founded in 1995 by Musk, his brother Kimbal Musk and Greg Kouri. Zip2 went on to partner with 160 newspapers to provide online business directories on their websites.

April 9, 2025 - He is the younger brother of Elon Musk and Tosca Musk. Kimbal pursued a degree in business at Queen's University in Canada, graduating in 1995. Kimbal is known for his signature cowboy hat, which he has been wearing since 2014. He is married to environmental activist Christiana Wyly, daughter of entrepreneur Sam Wyly, and resides in Boulder, Colorado.In 1995, Kimbal co-founded Zip2, a software company that provided business directories and maps for newspapers, alongside his brother Elon.

January 10, 2025 - Musk and his brother Kimbal are the sole officers of the Musk Foundation, which is not a company. We created this article in conjunction with AI technology, then made sure it was fact-checked and edited by a HowStuffWorks editor. ... Ada Tseng "What Companies Does Elon Musk Own and Operate?"

July 17, 2025 - Following Elon’s lead has been lucrative for Kimbal, a trained chef who is often photographed in his signature cowboy hat. Thanks entirely to small stakes in Elon’s two largest companies, SpaceX and Tesla, the younger Musk brother is worth ...