Timeline 1995 – Musk co-founds Zip2 Corp., a company that develops online city guides. 1999 – Sells Zip2 to Compaq for $307 million.

Zip2 and PayPal Elon Musk's entrepreneurial journey began with Zip2, a software company co-founded with his brother Kimbal in 1995. Zip2 developed online city guides for newspapers.

Timeline 1995 – Musk co-founds Zip2 Corp., a company that develops online city guides. 1999 – Sells Zip2 to Compaq for $307 million.

Kimbal Musk has co-founded Zip2 Corporation, an early inventor of online maps, which was acquired by Compaq and later merged into Yahoo Maps in 1999.

When Musk was just 24 years old, he along with his brother Kimbal started Zip2 Corp, using $28,000 from their father. Founded in 1955, Zip2 was an online business directory which was sold to Compaq in ...

1999 - Zip2 was acquired by Compaq Computer Corporation for $307 million in cash and $34 million worth of stock options. Musk used his share to create fintech company X.com.

In 1995, with the help of his brother and a friend, the young inventor Elon Musk started his first tech company, Zip2 Corp., in Palo Alto, California. The company offered searchable business ...

One of the early business collaborations between the brothers was internet enterprise software firm Zip2 Corp, which they co-founded in 1995. It was acquired by Compaq for a reported $307 million, ...

The bigger picture: An insider’s influence. Kimbal Musk’s presence on the board underscores the familial ties at Tesla’s helm. Known for his diverse ventures – from co-founding Zip2 Corp with Elon to ...