Errol Musk was born on 1946 and is a South African retired politician, electromechanical engineer, pilot, sailor, consultant, and property developer.
10 Facts About Errol Musk
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Errol Musk is the father of business magnate and billionaire Elon Musk, restaurateur Kimbal Musk, and filmmaker Tosca Musk.
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Errol Musk was born in 1946 in Pretoria to Walter Henry James Musk and Cora Amelia Robinson.
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Errol Musk's father was a South African veteran of World War II and his mother was British.
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Errol Musk met Maye Haldeman when he was 11 years old and they remained childhood friends before marrying in 1970.
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Errol Musk told Agence France-Presse that he was a strict father who raised his children with discipline and austerity.
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In 1998, Errol Musk shot and killed three out of six or seven burglars who forced their way into his Johannesburg home and who opened fire upon detection.
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Later in life, after splitting from Heide Bezuidenhout, Errol Musk fathered two children with Jana ; a son born in 2017 and a daughter born in 2019.
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At the time of their daughter's birth, according to The Times, Errol Musk was 72 and Jana Bezuidenhout was 30 years old.
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Errol Musk has a total of seven children and he is estranged from his son Elon.