Errol Graham Musk was born on 1946 and is a South African businessman and politician, patriarch of the Musk family, and father of Elon Musk.
19 Facts About Errol Musk
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Errol Musk served on the Pretoria City Council, and became a member of South Africa's Progressive Federal Party before resigning over political disagreements.
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Errol Musk had two other marriages and four other children.
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Errol Musk faced criticism from his son Elon, who called him a "terrible human being".
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Errol Musk's father was South African, and his mother English.
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Errol Musk attended Clapham High School, where he dated Maye Haldeman, and the pair married in 1970.
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On March 9,1972, Errol Musk was elected as an independent to represent Sunnyside on the Pretoria City Council.
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Errol Musk rebelled against the PFP's call for rejecting the new constitution and cited his agreement with the New Republic Party's position that the Tricameral Parliament was a step in the right direction.
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Errol Musk studied electromechanics at the University of Pretoria, worked as an electrical and mechanical engineering consultant, and developed properties, especially retail and office property development.
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Errol Musk later referred to his wealth during Elon's teen years in an interview with Business Insider South Africa, saying he had "so much money we couldn't even close our safe" and mentioned his emerald dealings.
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Errol Musk once described his emerald mine as an "under the table" operation.
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Elon Errol Musk has denied receiving the money from his father.
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In January 2025, Errol endorsed a meme coin called "Musk It" and revealed that he planned to raise $200 million for the Musk Institute via this project.
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In February 2025, Errol Musk arranged a phone call between his son Elon and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, on which the two discussed the impact of Donald Trump's policies on South Africa.
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Errol Musk was briefly married to a woman named Sue.
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In March 2018, it was reported that Errol Musk had fathered a child with his adult step-daughter Jana Bezuidenhout.
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In July 2022, Errol Musk gave an interview to the tabloid newspaper The Sun, announcing that he and Jana Bezuidenhout had another child.
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Errol Musk has a total of seven children, according to People magazine in November 2022.
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In 2024, Errol Musk defended Elon after the latter said that the United Kingdom was heading towards a civil war.