Elon Musk, one of the richest people in the world, turned 53 on Friday and treated his fans to a photo of himself on social media to celebrate.
In a post on X, the tech billionaire shared a photo of himself dated July 31, 1994, which simply captioned: “30 years ago.”
However, he did not share where the photo was taken.
Within just a few hours, hundreds of people flooded the comments section of the post with birthday wishes.
“Happy birthday brother. Thank you for everything you do for humanity,” wrote one user. “Elon, this has inspired me to become the richest man in the world in 30 years,” another commented.
Musk was born on June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa, to Errol and Maye Musk.
Maye, a Canadian author and model, also took to social media to celebrate her eldest son's birthday with an old photo in which Musk can be seen as a toddler, standing in front of a birthday cake.
She captioned the post with a sweet message, writing: “Happy birthday @elonmusk. Thank you for 53 years of joy and excitement. I hope you smile as much today as you did on your 4th birthday, after seeing the cake your Aunt Lynne made for you! Proud of you.”
Her social media post garnered hundreds of comments from people thanking her for raising a “great girl.”
“You raise a great kid, Maye! I hope Elon has a very happy birthday!” one user commented. “Well, we celebrate you for raising such fantastic and wonderful kids. Elon definitely got his heart from you,” another added.
These days, Musk reigns atop the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with an estimated net worth of $210.7 billion.
His wealth comes primarily from his stake in Tesla, as well as his holdings in SpaceX and the social media platform X.
