Kimbal Musk

Musk grew up with his brother Elon (older), sister Tosca (younger), and many cousins. His mother, Maye Musk ({{Nee|Haldeman}}), is a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in South Africa.He was once an illegal immigrant in the US and admitted it in a 2013 video interview. {{Triangulation|203|His biography author, Ashlee Vance,}}; discussion of his family starts around the 15th minute.{{Cite news|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/a18205769/maye-musk-facts/|title=11 Things to Know About Stunning 69-Year-Old Model Maye Musk|last=Vargas|first=Chanel|date=March 6, 2018|work=Town & Country|access-date=March 25, 2020|archive-date=March 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307023138/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/a18205769/maye-musk-facts/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Usborne|first=Simon|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2018/feb/21/meet-elon-musk-family|title=Meet the Musks: who's who in Elon's extended family?|date=February 21, 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=March 25, 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=May 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527001143/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2018/feb/21/meet-elon-musk-family|url-status=live}} His father, Errol Musk, is a South African electromechanical engineer, pilot, sailor, consultant, emerald dealer, and property developer, who partly owned a rental lodge at the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve.{{cite book |last1=Isaacson |first1=Walter |author1-link=Walter Isaacson |title=Elon Musk |date=September 12, 2023 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-1-982181-28-4 |page=23 |title-link=Elon Musk (Isaacson book)}}{{Cite news |last1=Hull |first1=Dana |last2=May |first2=Patrick |title=Exploring the otherworldly ambitions of Elon Musk|url=https://buffalonews.com/business/local/exploring-the-otherworldly-ambitions-of-elon-musk/article_2fc57479-93eb-5016-b724-016b48a4f4f3.html|access-date=October 24, 2021|work=The Buffalo News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926055648/https://buffalonews.com/business/local/exploring-the-otherworldly-ambitions-of-elon-musk/article_2fc57479-93eb-5016-b724-016b48a4f4f3.html|archive-date=September 26, 2022|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|last=Friend|first=Tad|date=August 17, 2009|title=Plugged In|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/08/24/plugged-in|magazine=The New Yorker|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308155550/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/08/24/plugged-in |archive-date=March 8, 2022}}{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Adam|title=50 years of Elon Musk's huge wealth, from emeralds to SpaceX and Tesla|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/elon-musk-birthday-ceo-tesla-b1874017.html|access-date=December 20, 2021|work=The Independent|date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125034322/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/elon-musk-birthday-ceo-tesla-b1874017.html|archive-date=November 25, 2021|url-status=live|quote=teenage}} After finishing high school in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk left to meet his brother in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and enrolled at Queen's University to pursue a degree in business. While in school, Musk first worked at Scotiabank. He graduated with his degree from Queen's University in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://business.queensu.ca/centres/qbc/student_success_stories.php|title=Success Stories: Queen's Business Consulting: A Tale of Two Consultants|publisher=Queen's University School of Business|access-date=December 23, 2012}}

Musk's first venture was a residential painting business with College Pro Painters in 1994, the same year he and his elder brother, Elon, started their second company, Zip2. Zip2 was an online city guide that provided content for the new online versions of The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune newspapers. The company was sold in 1999 to Compaq for $307 million.

After selling Zip2, Musk invested in several young software and technology companies. Musk was an early investor in his brother's venture X.com, an online financial services and email payments company. X.com merged with competitor Confinity to form PayPal, which in October 2002 was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock.{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-941964.html|title=eBay picks up PayPal for $1.5 billion|date=July 8, 2002|author=Margaret Kane|publisher=CNET|access-date=December 23, 2012}}

While Elon stayed in California, Kimbal moved to New York{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203771904574175812089196976|title=Dot-Com Chef Meets Burning Man|date=May 22, 2009|author=Sara Lin|publisher=Wall Street Journal|access-date=December 23, 2012}} and enrolled into the French Culinary Institute in New York City. In April 2004, Musk opened The Kitchen, a community bistro in Boulder, Colorado with Jen Lewin and Hugo Matheson.{{cite web|url=http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/marinated-pork-chops-with-herb-salsa|title=Marinated Pork Chops with Herb Salsa|author=Hugo Matheson & Kimbal Musk|publisher=Food & Wine|access-date=December 23, 2012}} In addition to its flagship restaurant in Boulder, The Kitchen has locations in downtown Denver{{Cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2013/08/28/kimbal-musk-owner-of-the-kitchen-restaurants-in-colorado-talks-food/|title=Kimbal Musk, owner of The Kitchen restaurants in Colorado, talks food|last=Brown|first=Douglas J. |date=2013-08-28|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/10/university-colorado-cu-president-mark-kennedy/|title=The Denver Post|website=The Denver Post|date=10 April 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-10}} and Chicago.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140122/BLOGS09/140129882/kimbal-musk-brother-of-elon-to-open-chicago-restaurant|title=Brother of Tesla founder to open Chicago restaurant|date=2014-01-21|website=Crain's Chicago Business|language=en|access-date=2019-04-10}}

From 2006 to 2011, Musk served as the CEO of OneRiot, an advertising network. In September 2011, Walmart-Labs acquired OneRiot for an undisclosed purchase price.{{cite news|last=Rao|first=Leena|title=Walmart Acquires Mobile And Social Ad Targeting Startup OneRiot|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/13/walmart-acquires-mobile-and-social-ad-targeting-startup-oneriot|newspaper=TechCrunch|date=September 13, 2011}}

In 2011, Next Door American Eatery opened in downtown Boulder as a fast casual American eatery. Next Door American Eatery is a growing restaurant concept with ten locations as of 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nextdooreatery.com/#|title=Next Door Eatery|website=www.nextdooreatery.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-10|archive-date=2019-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410165150/https://www.nextdooreatery.com/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Tobias|first1=Ruth|title=Now Open: The Kitchen Next Door|url=https://www.zagat.com/b/denver/open-wednesday-the-kitchen-next-door|website=Zagat.com|publisher=Zagat|access-date=25 February 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Zeppelin|first1=Andra|title=The Kitchen Next Door now open at Union Station|url=http://denver.eater.com/2014/7/14/6187961/the-kitchen-next-door-now-open-at-union-station|access-date=24 July 2014|publisher=Eater|date=24 July 2014}}

After seven years of supporting the Growe Foundation to plant school gardens in the Boulder community,{{cite news|last=Greenhalgh|first=Tracy|title=The Kitchen Community: Creating Gardens for Kids|url=http://www.boulder.com/column-story/Boulders-Best/The-Kitchen-Community/182|newspaper=Boulder's Best|date=November 17, 2011|access-date=June 6, 2013|archive-date=July 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723092604/http://www.boulder.com/column-story/Boulders-Best/The-Kitchen-Community/182|url-status=dead}} in 2011 Musk and Matheson established Big Green{{Cite web|url=https://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/big-green-kimball-musk-kitchen-community-national|title=Kimbal Musk's garden dream is growing|website=MNN - Mother Nature Network|language=en|access-date=2019-04-10}} (originally named The Kitchen Community), a 501c3 nonprofit to help connect kids to real food by creating dynamic Learning Garden classrooms in schools across America. Learning Gardens teach children an understanding of food, healthy eating, lifestyle choices and environment through lesson plans and activities that tie into existing school curriculum, such as math, science, and literacy.{{cite news|last=Stoler|first=Felicia D. Stoler|title=Learning Gardens Sprouting Up Across America|url=https://www.foxnews.com/health/learning-gardens-sprouting-up-across-america|newspaper=FOX News|date=December 14, 2011}}

Each of The Kitchen restaurants donates a percentage of sales to help plant Learning Gardens in its local community.{{cite web|url=https://thekitchencommunity.org|title=Community Through Food|publisher=The Kitchen Community|date=June 20, 2014|access-date=April 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401093623/https://thekitchencommunity.org/|archive-date=April 1, 2016|url-status=dead}} In 2012, Big Green built 26 gardens in Colorado, 16 in Chicago, and 12 more around the United States.{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Douglas|title=Digest: Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares to Denver, Strings holds auction|url=http://www.denverpost.com/food/ci_23082688/gordon-ramseys-kitchen-nightmares-denver-strings-holds-auction |newspaper=The Denver Post|date=April 24, 2013}}

In December 2012, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel handed Musk's nonprofit $1 million to install 80 Learning Gardens in Chicago city schools. On 2 February 2015, The Kitchen Community celebrated its 200th Learning Garden build at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, a high school in Los Angeles Unified School District which also marked the District's first SEEDS Project.{{cite web|url=https://thekitchencommunity.org/200/|title=EVENT: 200th Learning Garden Ribbon Cutting Ceremony|work=thekitchencommunity.org|access-date=April 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411115844/https://thekitchencommunity.org/200/|archive-date=April 11, 2015|url-status=dead}}

By the end of 2015, four years after its founding, The Kitchen Community had built 260 Learning Gardens across Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and Memphis.{{cite web|title=The Kitchen Community's Learning Gardens Take Root|url=http://www.5280.com/eatanddrink/digital/2015/10/kitchen-communitys-learning-gardens-take-root|website=5280.com|access-date=December 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106074343/http://www.5280.com/eatanddrink/digital/2015/10/kitchen-communitys-learning-gardens-take-root|archive-date=January 6, 2016|url-status=dead}} In 2016, Musk co-founded Square Roots, an urban farming company that grows organic food in shipping containers. The company formed a partnership with Gordon Food Services (GFS) to expand outside of NYC. In January 2018, The Kitchen Community (TKC), expanded into a national nonprofit called Big Green and announced its seventh city, Detroit, to build outdoor Learning Garden classrooms in 100 schools across the Motor City.{{Cite news|url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20180117/news/650261/national-nonprofit-aims-to-put-gardens-in-100-detroit-schools|title=National nonprofit aims to put gardens in 100 Detroit schools|date=2018-01-16|work=Crain's Detroit Business|access-date=2018-01-17}} As of 2019, Big Green is in seven American cities with nearly 600 schools across its network impacting over 300,000 students every day.{{Citation|title=Kimbal Musk is on a mission to revolutionize the American diet|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/kimbal-musk-is-on-a-mission-to-revolutionize-the-american-diet/|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-10}} Musk and Big Green have established Plant a Seed Day, an international holiday.

Musk has been profiled in major publications such as The New York Times,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/dining/kimbal-musk-food.html|title=Kimbal Musk Wants to Feed America, Silicon Valley-Style|last=Severson|first=Kim|date=2017-10-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} CNN,{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/09/03/news/companies/kimbal-musk-kitchen-community/index.html|title=This Musk is leading a food revolution|last=Alesci|first=Cristina|date=2015-09-03|website=CNNMoney|access-date=2019-05-09}} The Wall Street Journal,{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/kimbal-musk-says-food-is-the-new-internet-1495723923|title=Kimbal Musk Says Food is the New Internet|last=Cheshes|first=Jay|date=2017-05-25|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-05-09|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}} Fast Company,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3052938/meet-the-other-musk-brother-who-wants-to-change-the-world-of-food|title=Meet The (Other) Musk Brother, Who Wants To Change The World Of Food|last=Peters|first=Adele|date=2015-11-02|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-09}} WIRED,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/05/the-musk-who-wants-to-change-the-way-we-eat/|title=The Musk Who Wants to Change the Way We Eat|last=Levy|first=Steven|date=2015-05-05|magazine=Wired|access-date=2019-05-09|issn=1059-1028}} Chicago Sun Times,{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/billionaire-kimbal-musk-on-cps-learning-gardens-real-food-is-a-human-right/|title=Billionaire Kimbal Musk on CPS learning gardens: 'Real food is a human right'|website=Chicago Sun-Times|date=24 April 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}} CBS News,{{Citation|title=Kimbal Musk is on a mission to revolutionize the American diet|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/kimbal-musk-is-on-a-mission-to-revolutionize-the-american-diet/ |work=CBS News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-09}} Business Insider,{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/restauranteur-kimbal-musk-explains-how-he-built-his-food-empire-2018-1|title=Kimbal Musk tells us how traumatic experiences helped shape his food empire|last=Ciolli|first=Jacqui Frank, Kara Chin, Joe|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-05-09}} Entrepreneur Magazine,{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/220392|title=The Farm-to-Table Founding Fathers|last=Schoenfeld|first=Bruce|date=2011-09-21|website=Entrepreneur|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}} Musk was named a Global Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 by the World Economic Forum.{{Cite web|url=https://www.schwabfound.org/awardees/kimbal-musk/|title=Awardees|website=Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship|access-date=2019-05-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/03/kimbal-musk-real-food-revolution/|title=Our food system is bust. This innovative three-step plan could fix it|website=World Economic Forum|date=29 March 2017 |access-date=2019-05-09}}

Musk faced scrutiny in 2020 after changing his Next Door's Family Fund program in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The fund was originally set up to help employees during an emergency situation. Contributions came from employees of Next Door.{{cite web |last1=Peck |first1=Emily |title=Elon Musk's Billionaire Brother Told His Workers They Were Family. Until COVID-19 Hit. |date=7 April 2020 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kimbal-musk-next-door-restaurants-coronavirus_n_5e8ccb32c5b62459a9302dbb?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kaWdnLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD0Ue3eeSd6A62FkBtgrkhOFIgBIzvpkWnQRUh7BiNW0XeUTBoanipHTPVnB5gu96-b-wgBdIvFM-VhqPh5LESo4bqcOX9uIdHPCRhhcji94CcnM4J7mJ7Ackn-ZFUXsshnTKbsdshEM_dsRPgkmJyWqLqbjVvd2QM2cFpTTMfKZ |publisher=HuffPost |access-date=8 April 2020}}

On 9 February 2021,[https://finance.yahoo.com/screener/insider/MUSK%20KIMBAL%20J] Yahoo Finance, Retrieved March 09, 2021. {{Dead link|date=January 2022}} Musk sold 30,000 shares of Tesla, Inc. worth $25.6 million.Pound, Jesse, (2021) [https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/11/kimbal-musk-sells-25-million-worth-of-tesla-shares.html] CNBC. Retrieved 9 March 2021. On 24 February 2022, it was reported that the SEC was investigating Musk for possible insider trading violations after he sold 88,500 shares of Tesla, valued at $108 million, one day before his brother put out a poll on Twitter asking if he should sell 10% of his Tesla shares. As a result of that poll, Elon Musk sold billions of dollars of Tesla shares and the stock price sank.{{cite web |last1=Michaels |first1=Dave |title=SEC Probes Trading by Elon Musk and Brother in Wake of Tesla CEO's Sales |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-probes-trading-by-elon-musk-and-brother-in-wake-of-tesla-ceos-sales-11645730528 |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=2022-02-24 |url-access=subscription}}

Musk married Jen Lewin, with whom he established The Kitchen. The couple had two children together. They later divorced. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/Broadway_17th/2015/06/husted-kimbal-musk-restaurateur-and-brother-of.html|title=Husted: Kimbal Musk, restaurateur and brother of rocketman Elon Musk (Slideshow)|date=June 29, 2015|work=Bizjournals|access-date=June 29, 2017}} In April 2018, he married Christiana Wyly, an environmental activist and the daughter of ex-billionaire Sam Wyly.{{Cite news|last=Gubbins|first=Teresa|date=April 9, 2018|title=Kimbal Musk and Wyly heiress celebrate wedding at Dallas restaurant|work=CultureMap|url=http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/04-09-18-cedar-social-wedding-reception-kimbal-musk-christiana-wyly/|access-date=April 9, 2018}} Musk also has a daughter from another relationship.{{cite web |url=https://www.coloradohomesmag.com/a-tale-of-two-kitchens/ |title=A Tale of Two Kitchens |date=17 September 2018 }}

In February 2010 Musk broke his neck while inner tubing, resulting in temporary paralysis that lasted for three days until it was resolved with surgery.{{Cite news |date=5 May 2015 |title=The Musk Who Wants to Change the Way We Eat |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/05/the-musk-who-wants-to-change-the-way-we-eat/ |access-date=31 May 2025 |work=Wired}}

Kimbal Musk's restaurant group collected funds (called the Family Fund) from employees to cover hardships and personal emergencies, but during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the restaurants closed "permanently" and the employees were locked out of the funds they had contributed to.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-07|title=Elon Musk's Billionaire Brother Told His Workers They Were Family. Until COVID-19 Hit.|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kimbal-musk-next-door-restaurants-coronavirus_n_5e8ccb32c5b62459a9302dbb|access-date=2021-11-15|website=HuffPost|language=en}} Later, the restaurants reopened but reportedly did not restore the fund to those who contributed.{{Cite web|last=Orr|first=Susan|title=Musk restaurant group reverses course, plans to reopen Next Door Eatery in SoBro|url=https://www.ibj.com/articles/musk-restaurant-group-reverses-course-plans-to-reopen-next-door|access-date=2021-11-15|website=Indianapolis Business Journal|date=4 June 2021 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-04-08|title=Employees at Crosstown restaurant owned by Kimbal Musk wonder where emergency fund is|url=https://www.wreg.com/news/employees-at-crosstown-restaurant-owned-by-kimbal-musk-wonder-where-employee-emergency-fund-is/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=WREG.com|language=en-US|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115121932/https://www.wreg.com/news/employees-at-crosstown-restaurant-owned-by-kimbal-musk-wonder-where-employee-emergency-fund-is/|url-status=dead}} Musk later disputed reports of the controversy, citing lack of facts by journalists. The Kitchen Restaurant Group reports the fund now receives contributions from owners and customers; as tips for take-out orders are rerouted to the fund and then matched by the owners. The group also reports that grants have been awarded and both furloughed and laid-off workers will be considered in future.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-13|title=Kimbal Musk defends employee support fund, pushes back on HuffPo story|url=https://www.dailycamera.com/2020/04/13/kimbal-musk-defends-employee-support-fund-pushes-back-on-huffpo-story|access-date=2021-11-15|website=Boulder Daily Camera|language=en-US}}

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