Although the relationship between Elon Musk and his son was later said to be not very peaceful, it cannot be denied that without the teachings from their father, Tesla CEOs would not be able to become the successful people they are today.

Elon Musk is famous as a strange billionaire, he often does things that other billionaires would never do. However, that oddity has helped this billionaire affirm his position as one of the world’s greatest businessmen.

In addition, to be able to reap today’s achievements, a unique leadership style is an indispensable part of the development of Elon Musk’s businesses. This billionaire’s leadership style has inspired many managers and executives around the world.

Yet, few people know that this billionaire and talented leader was an introverted boy when he was young. He always found more joy in books than in partying or having fun with friends. CEO Tesla’s mother also said that at first he was very shy in communicating, and could only talk comfortably with his mother. This continued well into Elon Musk’s adult years.

So what made such a timid and shy boy become a billionaire, the leader of two powerful empires, SpaceX and Tesla Motors?

This is more or less influenced by the different parenting style of his secretive father – Errol Musk.

In contrast to the attachment and closeness with his mother Maye Musk, technology billionaire Elon Musk has a tense relationship with his biological father. Although he once praised his father for his outstanding intelligence, CEO Tesla also criticized his father for being a bad person. The two had many disagreements over the years.

Accordingly, this billionaire’s father is known to be an engineer from South Africa. After his parents broke up, Elon Musk, then 8 years old, lived with his father for a while before moving with his mother and siblings to Canada. It was that short period of time that influenced Elon Musk a lot, contributing to determining the success of the “eccentric genius” later.

Talking about his time raising his children after divorce, Errol Musk once shared: “Their mother and I separated when they were young and I raised them all. At that time we traveled a lot, almost the whole world. Elon always sits quietly in the back seat while Musk’s younger brother Kimbal is always enthusiastically leading the way or looking for a map.”

In the eyes of his father with an IQ equal to that of a genius, Elon Musk has always been a boy with an introverted personality. Instead of working out with friends, practicing sports or talking about everything in life, Elon just sits at home reading books. He believes that it’s not that Elon doesn’t like to hang out, it’s just that his child finds more joy in books than hanging out with friends.

When he was only 3-4 years old, Elon Musk once asked his father: “Where is the rest of the world, dad?”. This curiosity led Errol to soon realize he was raising a special child. This is in complete contrast to his younger brother Kimbal Musk, Errol said that Kimbal is a person who likes to party. Although he also contributed to both SpaceX and Tesla with his brother Elon Musk, Kimbal focuses more on his restaurant chain.

Errol will never forget the day his son first entered cyberspace and the world of computers. At that time, he just assumed that Elon wanted to test a new computer model and wanted to take a course on this type of computer. The course has many experts from the UK and other countries coming to teach. It’s not for children, though. At that time Elon was only 11 years old.

Understanding his son’s wishes, Errol tried every way to get his son a place in the lecture hall at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on the condition that Elon must keep quiet. Errol even tried to dress Elon more politely to make him look older than his age. And it’s true, Elon Musk was the youngest person in the whole class that day.

“I left Elon there and went to buy a hamburger with Kimbal,” Errol said. The course lasted three hours and when we returned and everyone was gone, Elon was no longer there. We waited forever and then decided to look around the lobby of Wits school and found Elon – an 11 year old kid in a loose jacket with a tie, shirt with his arms rolled up, talking to experts. Leading computer manufacturer from the UK.

When I walked closer, an expert didn’t even have time to introduce his name and immediately told me that Elon needed access to the new computer model. And then, luckily we got it on sale, with the new computer Elon taught himself everything, back then computers used DOS and Elon used it to program.”

The relationship between father and son Elon Musk is said to be very tense. Photo: internet

Not long after that, Elon brought the father a box with a red light and said that this was a modem, a device that helps computers connect to each other. If computers were connected to this box, a person in South Africa could contact England to ask a question and then receive an instant response. Elon Musk never turns it off, the box is always lit. This is the stepping stone to pave the way for Tesla CEO’s future series of successes.

It can be said that although the relationship between father and son Elon Musk was later said to be not very peaceful, it cannot be denied that he and his siblings would not be able to become the successful people they are today if no teaching from his father.