But he did finance a lot of his projects with his parents money.Vegas » 02 Dec 2022, 9:26 pm » wrote: ↑ There are a lot of conflicting reports of Musk's financial upbringing. You will find tons of articles claiming that his parents were filthy rich. You will also find tons that say he was born into middle class, not poor and not rich, just middle class. We do know he was never poor. However, we don't know if he was born into money or not.