Kimbal Musk is a South African restauranteur, chef, and entrepreneur with a $500 million net worth. Kimbal Musk is best known as Elon Musk’s brother and a member of the Board of Directors of his brother’s firms, Tesla Inc. and SpaceX. Kimbal and Elon co-founded Zip2 in 1995, a software company that Compaq purchased for $307 million in 1999.

Kimbal is the owner of The Kitchen Restaurant Group, which operates in Illinois and Colorado. Musk is the chairman and co-founder of Big Green, a nonprofit organization that has developed over 700 “Learning Gardens” in schools around the United States. Kimbal also co-founded Square Roots, an urban farming startup that grows food in “modular, stacking hydroponic farms.” He previously served on the board of directors for Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Who is Kimbal Musk?

Kimbal Musk was born on September 20, 1972, in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. He is the son of engineering firm owner Errol Musk and model/dietician Maye Musk. Kimbal is the cousin of SolarCity co-founder Lyndon Rive and has two siblings, Elon and Tosca. Musk traveled to Kingston, Ontario, Canada, where Elon was residing at the time, after graduating from high school, and studied business at Queen’s University, getting his degree in 1995. Musk worked at Scotiabank while at Queen’s University.

How old is Kimbal Musk?

He is currently 51 years old

What is Kimbal Musk’s worth?

The chef is estimated to be worth $500 million

What is Kimbal Musk’s career?

Musk relocated to New York City and enrolled in the French Culinary Institute. With his then-wife, Jen Lewin, and Hugo Matheson, he launched the community cafe The Kitchen in Boulder, Colorado, in 2004. The Kitchen has been named one of “America’s Top Restaurants” by “Gourmet,” “Food & Wine,” “Zagat’s,” and the James Beard Foundation. The restaurant has locations in Chicago and Denver as well.

From 2006 to 2011, Kimbal was the CEO of the advertising network OneRiot, which was acquired by Walmart-Labs. In 2011, he founded Next Door American Eatery, a fast casual restaurant in downtown Boulder. Next Door American Eatery had ten locations as of 2019.

Musk spent seven years helping the Growe Foundation, which planted gardens in Boulder schools, before launching The Kitchen Community (later renamed Big Green). “We’ve spent the last 12 years helping people grow their own food — with garden-based education, scalable, modular garden products and systems, and a community of support and collaboration,” according to the Big Green website. We’ve established a nationwide network of over 700 lively and tasty Learning Gardens.