Meet Maye Musk, mother of Elon Musk

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Maye Haldeman was born as a twin and one of five children on April 19, 1948, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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She married Errol Musk, a South African engineer she met in high school, in 1970. Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, and Tosca Musk are their three children.

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She was a finalist in the 1969 Miss South Africa beauty pageant as a young woman.

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Musk and her husband divorced in 1979. The 31-year-old single mother built her dietician practice by contacting doctors and waiting for them for hours, hoping they would meet with her and refer her clients

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Musk signed a contract with IMG according to Forbes and has been featured on magazines all over the world. She was designated a Covergirl face in November 2017 after appearing in the Simply Ageless campaign.

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The fearless Maye was featured in a nude photoshoot on the cover of TIMES Magazine. She appeared on the cover of Elle Canada in 2012 and in commercials for Target and Virgin America.

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Se is not just the mother of Elon Musk but has carved a niche for herself even before her son took over the world as a tech genius. According to CA Knowledge, the 75-year-old wonder woman has a net worth of $45 million.

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