With all the fanboy Musk-As-Savior tributes on FR, maybe it's an appropriate time to look at his family and business history.Elon Reeve Musk is the son of Maye Musk and Errol Musk. from Wikipedia: The (Musk) family traces its origins to England where the surname was adopted by Elon's paternal ancestors in the 16th century. The family was part of the small number of British immigrants to South Africa in the early-to-mid twentieth century; Elon's paternal great-grandmother was descended from Dutch Free Burghers, while his maternal great-grandparent originated from Switzerland. The surname Reeve traces back in the peerage to at...