Kimbal Musk

Kimbal Musk
Musk in 2013
Born
Kimbal James Musk

(1972-09-20) 20 September 1972 (age 52)
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
NationalitySouth Africa, Canada, United States[1]
Alma materQueen's University (1995)[2]
Occupations
Spouses
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    (m. 2001; div. 2010)​
  • Christiana Wyly
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    (m. 2018)​
Children3
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Kimbal James Musk (born 20 September 1972[3]) is a South African-American businessman and restaurateur. He owns The Kitchen Restaurant Group, a collection of restaurants in Colorado and Chicago.[4] He is the co-founder and chairman of Big Green, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has built hundreds of outdoor classrooms called Learning Gardens in schoolyards across the United States.[5][6][7] Musk is also the co-founder and chairman of Square Roots, an urban farming company growing food in hydroponic, indoor, climate controlled shipping containers.[8][9][10] Musk currently sits on the boards of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX; his brother Elon is the current CEO of both companies.[11] He was on the board of Chipotle Mexican Grill[12] from 2013 to 2019.[13] He is the brother of Elon Musk, Tosca Musk, son of Errol and Maye Musk, and a major shareholder in Tesla.[14]

In 1995 he co-founded, with his brother, Elon Musk, the software company Zip2, which was acquired by Compaq for $307 million in 1999.

  1. ^ @Mayemusk (4 July 2020). "Happy 4th of July! From four happy Americans" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference QUEENSALUMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ @kimbal (20 September 2024). "Feeling pure joy today on my 52nd birthday. Grateful for my family, my wife, my life" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 24 September 2024 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Kimbal Reeve Musk to open restaurant on Mass Ave". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Why every child deserves a learning garden". MNN - Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. ^ Padden, Caroline (29 October 2012). "Learning Gardens: Connecting Kids to Real Food". 5280 Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Kimbal Musk — Elon's brother — is leading a $25 million mission to fix food in schools across the US". Business Insider. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  8. ^ Lauren, Jennifer (27 January 2017). "Kimbal Musk launches a revolutionary shipping container farm initiative in Brooklyn". Inhabitat Magazine.
  9. ^ Garfield, Leanna (23 August 2016). "Elon Musk's brother is building vertical farms in shipping containers". Business Insider.
  10. ^ Scott, Bartie (23 August 2016). "Elon Musk's Brother to Launch an Urban Farming Accelerator in Brooklyn". Inc Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Kimbal Musk | Board of Directors | Tesla, Inc". ir.tesla.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.[self-published source]
  12. ^ "Chipotle Mexican Grill names Kimbal Musk to board". Denver Post. 29 August 2013.
  13. ^ Fitzgerald, Maggie (14 March 2019). "Kimbal Musk is stepping down from Chipotle's board". CNBC. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  14. ^ Musk profile, nasdaq.com; accessed April 7, 2016.