In 2008, Elon Musk borrowed money to pay rent while saving Tesla from bankruptcy; 13 years later, he donated $5.7 billion in Tesla shares to charity
In December 2008, Tesla was running out of time. The electric car startup had been founded five years earlier by engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, with Elon Musk joining as an early investor and chairman. By late 2008, Musk was leading the company, and the global economy was in freefall. That summer, Tesla had … Read more