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๐—˜๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ธโ€™๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฎ $๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐— + ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€”๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—บ In 1995, two brothers from South Africa started a company that sold for $307 million. One became the worldโ€™s richest manโ€”๐„๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ค. The other? Heโ€™s changing ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐. This is the story of ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ค, Elonโ€™s lesser-known brother. ๐—” ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ Kimbal and Elon grew up in South Africa, in a home that was both privileged and tough. At school, ๐„๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐งโ€”so 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 ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐. ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ $๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ๐—  ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜ In 1995, Kimbal and Elon launched ๐™๐ข๐ฉ๐Ÿ, 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 ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—, ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ช ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐™๐ข๐ฉ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ $๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ• ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Elon used his money to start ๐—.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ (๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ๐๐š๐ฅ). Kimbal? He took a ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก. ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ While Elon focused on ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ, Kimbal became passionate about ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. In 2001, he enrolled in culinary school to learn about food from the ground up. By 2004, he started ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ, focusing on healthy, locally sourced food. But he wanted to do more than just run restaurants. โ€ข ๐๐ข๐  ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง โ€“ Built 640+ school gardens, helping 350,000+ kids grow fresh food. โ€ข ๐’๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ โ€“ Created high-tech urban farms inside shipping containers, using 95% less water than traditional farming. ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ Elon wants to ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ. Kimbal wants to ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ญ. While Elon ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐๐ž๐š๐ฌ, Kimbal ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐. Yet, at their core, both brothers share a common goal: ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ข๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ. 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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