Did Elon Musk really grow up from a rich home?

No, according to Elon Musk, he did not grow up with a silver spoon in his mouth as being always reported by the media; in fact, he grew up in a lower, transitioning to an upper-middle-income situation, and did not have a happy childhood. He revealed this on Twitter while responding to a tweet by a woman named Deborah, who wrote,‘’ Musk came to the US with no money but graduated with over $100K in debt’’ She continued, ‘’Even having a wealthy family, a student can have a lot of financial difficulties.’’ Musk also claimed that reports that his father owned an emerald mine in Zambia were lies; he wrote, ‘’Regarding the so-called 'emerald mine,' there is no objective evidence whatsoever that this mine ever existed. He told me that he owned a share in a mine in Zambia, and I believed him for a while, but nobody has ever seen the mine, nor are there any records of its existence.‘’ According to Elon, his father rather owned an electrical/mechanical engineering company for 25 to 30 years but was bankrupt for 25 years and sought financial help from him and his younger brother. He did, however, give some credit to his father for teaching him some fundamentals of physics, engineering, and construction, which he said was worth more than money. That said, the notion that he came from a rich family and that influenced his success is false; Elon Musk is a self-made billionaire.