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Sep
Elon Musk does not receive a salary or only receives a symbolic salary of $ 1 / year in all the companies he owns. So how did this billionaire become the richest person in the world? In 1999, Elon Musk and his friends Harris Fricker, Christopher Payne and Ed Ho founded X.com, one of the first banks and online transaction services on the internet. To entice users, the service also gives money to subscribers and refers friends to join. In 2000, X.com merged with competitor Confinity Inc., a software company developing online payment services. After the merger, the 2 companies…