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> Musk has, but he's South African.

Musk is a US citizen and he did all of this in the US. The point is about the opportunity provided by the country, not about where you were raised.




He moved to the US when he was 19. He didn't grow up with "the American Dream".


He moved to the US after reading a lot of tech publications and realizing that that's where all the action was


Musk was born wealthy. So I'd say he grew up with more than "the American Dream"




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