Who is Elon Musk’s brother Kimbal?
ELON Musk is the world’s richest man, but it seems the entrepreneurial spirit runs in the family.
His brother Kimbal is also a self-made millionaire in his own right. But who is he and what is his net worth? Here's everything you need to know.
Who is Elon Musk’s brother Kimbal?
Born September 20, 1972, Kimbal Musk, the brother of Elon Musk, is a chef and entrepreneur.
He also has a sister named Tosca.
The siblings grew up in Pretoria, South Africa, with parents Errol and Maye.
According to reports, the Musk family lived a very comfortable lifestyle, with the Musk siblings going on frequent holidays and attending private schools throughout their childhood.
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Kimbal owns The Kitchen Restaurant Group - a chain of restaurants located in , and Indianapolis.
Each of The Kitchen restaurants donates a percentage of their sales to help plant Learning Gardens in the local community.
By the end of 2015, The Kitchen Community had built 260 Learning Gardens across Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and .
He’s also the co-founder and chairman of Big Green - a non-profit organisation that builds outdoor classrooms across America, and Square Roots, an urban farming company in .
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In 2012, Big Green built 26 learning gardens in Colorado, 16 in Chicago, and 12 more around the USA.
In 2022 Kimbal founded Nova Sky Stories, which states it's "on a mission to bring art to the skies of every town and city in the world."
Kimbal also co-founded software company Zip2 with Elon in 1995, which was sold to Compaq for more than $300million four years later.
He currently sits on the boards of SpaceX and Tesla - both of which his brother Elon is the current CEO, and is a shareholder of the latter.
In February 2021, Kimbal sold 30,000 shares of Tesla worth $25,604,000.
Just one day before, Elon put out a poll on Twitter asking if he should sell 10 per cent of his Tesla shares.
As a result of that poll, Elon sold billions of dollars of Tesla shares and the stock price sank.
And his work hasn't gone without recognition, in 2018 Kimbal was named a Global Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum.
What is Kimbal Musk's net worth?
According to , Kimbal is worth $700million.
Remarkably, this is just a fraction of Elon’s net worth - $215.4billion.
As of 2022, Elon sits at number one on the Forbes 400 list and number one on Forbes World's Billionaires List.
Who is Kimbal Musk's wife?
Kimbal married environmental activist Christiana Wyly in April 2018.
The 34-year-old is the daughter of ex-billionaire Sam Wyly, who appeared annually on Forbes’ American rich list until 2010 when he was charged with tax fraud.
She was previously in a civil partnership with British singer Skin, the lead vocalist of the rock band Skunk Anansie.
Kimbal was previously married to artist Jen Lewin and the pair worked together to establish The Kitchen.
Does Kimbal Musk have children?
Kimbal has three children - Luca, August, and Stella.
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Kimbal does not have any kids with Christiana, although she does appear to be a cat lover.
In 2021 she posted a heartrending goodbye to "beloved Toshi" and she regularly shares pics of Douglas Adams "the hitchhiking wonder cat".