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Elon Musk’s dad Errol claims he bankrolled his billionaire son’s escape from South Africa to America with emeralds from an “under the table” mine in Zambia.
The Tesla CEO, 51, last week offered a million Dogecoin (about AU$124,000) to anyone who can prove the existence of the mine his dad supposedly owned.
He has previously slammed the claim, saying: “The fake emerald mine thing is so annoying. Like where exactly is this thing anyway!?”
But in an exclusive interview with the US Sun, Errol claimed it was his emerald venture which helped pave the way for Elon to become a wildly successful captain of industry in the US.
Describing the moment he heard of the dogecoin cryptocurrency reward, Errol joked: “When I read that, I wondered, ‘Can I enter, because I can prove it existed.’
Elon Musk being publicly owned and embarrassed is certainly nothing new, but getting punked by his own father certainly is. I look forward to seeing how this unfolds and whether Elon will make good on his promise; I would guess he does not.