๐๐น๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐๐๐ธโ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฎ $๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ + ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ผ ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ In 1995, two brothers from South Africa started a company that sold for $307 million. One became the worldโs richest manโ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ค. The other? Heโs changing ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐. This is the story of ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ค, Elonโs lesser-known brother. ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ Kimbal and Elon grew up in South Africa, in a home that was both privileged and tough. At school, ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐งโso badly that Kimbal thought he might die. "He had obviously upset them, but nothing that justified beating someone to death," Kimbal later said. Instead of breaking them, these struggles made them ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐. ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ $๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ In 1995, Kimbal and Elon launched ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐, a company that helped newspapers move online. They were so broke they slept in their office and showered at the YMCA. They worked day and night, believing in the power of the internet. By ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ช ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ $๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Elon used his money to start ๐.๐๐จ๐ฆ (๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฅ). Kimbal? He took a ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก. ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ While Elon focused on ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ, Kimbal became passionate about ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. In 2001, he enrolled in culinary school to learn about food from the ground up. By 2004, he started ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ, focusing on healthy, locally sourced food. But he wanted to do more than just run restaurants. โข ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง โ Built 640+ school gardens, helping 350,000+ kids grow fresh food. โข ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ โ Created high-tech urban farms inside shipping containers, using 95% less water than traditional farming. ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ Elon wants to ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ. Kimbal wants to ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ญ. While Elon ๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ, Kimbal ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐. Yet, at their core, both brothers share a common goal: ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ. As Kimbal says: "Whether it's cars, rockets, or food, we both want to build a better future." If you enjoyed this, hit 'follow' for more breakdowns!
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