BREAKING NEWS! Elon Musk’s mother says her son was a genius even before kindergarten and is glad he didn’t have to live in the basement like other geniuses.
All parents think their child is brilliant. Maye Musk, Sports Illustrated cover model and registered dietitian, is no exception, especially since her son happens to be Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX.
In an interview with “CBS This Morning,” Maye Musk shared her insights into her eldest son’s early genius. She explained that she recognized his potential at the age of three, which eventually led him to become an influential entrepreneur and the richest man in the world.
“Even at the age of three, I knew I was a genius,” recalls Maye Musk. She tried to send him to kindergarten earlier, but the staff just rolled their eyes.
He said of his son as a genius: “But many geniuses don’t use their talents. They end up in the basement somewhere. That’s why I was thrilled when he founded Zip2, which simplifies driving directions and provides restaurant links for newspapers. It may seem commonplace today, but back then it was groundbreaking, and that’s why I invested in it.”
In a profile for The Times UK, he said: “I called Elon ‘the prodigy.’ He remembered everything.”
Recognizing Elon’s potential early on marked the beginning of his entrepreneurial journey, which would later include ventures such as PayPal, space exploration, solar energy, and electric cars, even though he had advised him to focus on just one.
Maye Musk was interviewed for a BBC documentary in which she called her son a “genius.” She also stated that her son “gets a lot of hate” due to his enormous success.
In 2022, Maye Musk defended her son on X, formerly Twitter, in the face of a flood of negative comments on his recent posts. She claimed that critics of his controversial posts were not real people but automated bots, and emphasized that much of the criticism came from fake accounts.
This defense came after Musk publicly announced his switch from a Democratic to a Republican voter.
In the same BBC interview, she recounted her experiences as a science enthusiast in high school. She explained that she didn’t go on many dates because she insisted on dating someone who was as good at math and science as she was, which was no one except her ex-husband.
