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2023-01-09 22:47:42 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5D87BB3F4AD15D84D2BBC036C0B6B3C434A267672BADE0AD2B97A0DE165DA9F0
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In a 2014 phone interview with Ask Men, Musk said, "This is going to sound slightly crazy, but my father also had a share in an emerald mine in Zambia." https://web.archive.org/web/20140413112637/https://www.askmen.com/entertainment/right-stuff/elon-musk-interview-3.html His father, Errol Musk, told Business Insider he purchased a 50% share in the mine for £40k after selling a plane for £80k https://www.businessinsider.co.za/how-elon-musks-family-came-to-own-an-emerald-mine-2018-2
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