Secrets of parenting from May Max. May Musk. Impulse of inspiration with Yulia Astafieva A few pages from May's biography

Now 68 years old, she is more in demand than other young models, and has appeared in campaigns for major brands such as Clinique and Revlon. In addition, May Musk is a well-known nutritionist, she lectures on healthy eating around the world and has released the book Feel Fantastic. She is also the mother of three children and the grandmother of ten grandchildren. Her youngest son Kimbal owns The Kitchen restaurant chain, her daughter Tosca is a Hollywood director and producer, and her second son Elon is one of the most famous entrepreneurs on the planet. It seems that success is a matter of course for Mei and her children, but the road to it has been bumpy.

Five jobs at once

May began her modeling career at the age of 15, and since then she has not stopped working: “I had to study hard to prove that I was not stupid, because many people are used to thinking about models that way.” Mei carried books around with her everywhere and kept up the habit of reading all the time - even on her bike while exercising.

In 1989, together with her children, she moved from South Africa to Canada, in Toronto. To somehow make ends meet, Mei worked five jobs at the same time. She got a job at the University of Toronto so that children could study for free, taught modeling courses and master classes in healthy eating, and also worked as a nutritionist. The children also did not mess around: Tosca worked part-time in the store after school, and Ilona's mother helped her get a job at Microsoft, where her colleague's husband worked. “The first thing we did when I got my paycheck was buy a carpet for the floor to sit on. We didn’t have any furniture,” May says. - And with the next one we bought a computer for Ilona. So he was sitting at the computer right on the floor.”

Secrets of parenting

“My children know me as a person who worked very hard. They are workaholics themselves,” Musk says. She never lectured them, but by personal example she showed how difficult the path to success is. At the same time, Mei assures that their success is entirely their merit, but not hers: “I never helped my children. I worked too hard and too hard, they achieved everything on their own.

In 1995, Elon and Kimbal launched the Zip2 software company. May supported her sons' desire to become successful entrepreneurs: “Kimbal came to me in order to discuss business with Elon on the phone. When I saw the $800 a month phone bill, I told him to quit his job and fly to Silicon Valley." Every six weeks, she visited the children and tried to help them with the business, including helping to write a business plan, and once even made a presentation with them to investors until two in the morning: “We were so tired that day that when we went to the best restaurant in Palo Alto, I said, "This is the last time I pay for our dinner." Since then, I have never actually paid for them.”

Investor Mom

In 1996, Musk invested all her savings - $ 10,000 - in the company of her sons Zip2, so that they could pay for office rent and other necessary things. In 1999, the company was bought by software maker Compaq for $307 million, Elon earned $22 million. May jokes that it was her best investment.

The Musk kids have achieved a lot. Kimbal runs eight The Kitchen restaurants and sits on the board of directors of Tesla Motors, SpaceX and Chipotle Mexican Grill. He launched the Learning Gardens project in 200 schools for the poor in the United States, where children can grow fruits and vegetables and take them home. Tosca is making a film that should hit the screens soon. Well, Elon Musk is known as a successful engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and investor, billionaire and founder of SpaceX and X.com.

About her son, who is revolutionizing the world of technology, May says: “I was a nerd, and Elon is a super nerd. I once told him that there was no one in my class who knew mathematics better than me. And he laughed because he knew math even better than I did.” Most of all, she wanted her children to learn how to work hard, because, in her opinion, work makes a person happy and does not allow you to grow old: “The more you work, the more successful you become.”

When May was 50 years old, her children did not yet have money for expensive gifts, and not for expensive ones either. Instead, they made her one promise: "They gave me a little toy house and a little toy car the size of a matchbox and said, 'Someday we'll buy you real ones.' And, of course, they kept their promise.

When asked by the Huffington Post about what Elon learned from his mother, she replied: “I hope he adopted my outlook on life.” According to her, Ilon does not need yachts and expensive things, because he lived in difficult economic conditions: “Ilon's goal is to use the knowledge of physics to make this world a better place. People think that they are driven by a selfish motive. But it's not. And it really upsets me when people say about their son: "Oh, he just wants to earn more." No, money was never important to him. He's just obsessed with his idea."

The most famous innovator of our time, Elon Musk is more than an entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and business mogul. This is a legend man who is on a par with and. An entrepreneur who made a fortune on Internet startups has turned into a visionary who thinks about a better future for humanity. He is about to launch an unmanned vehicle, and from launching rockets into space, he made a real show. The ingenious Musk connects his success with the laid background - fortunately, the right atmosphere reigned in his family for cultivating talents.

Here, for example, the mother of Elon Musk is May Musk. A luxurious 68-year-old lady, whose noble profile and perfectly styled gray hair inspired the brands Clinique and Revlon - and Mei became their face.

In addition, she is a well-known nutritionist and lectures on healthy eating around the world. May Musk is the mother of three children and the grandmother of ten grandchildren. Her youngest son Kimbal owns The Kitchen restaurant chain, her daughter Tosca is a Hollywood director and producer, and her second son Elon is perhaps the most famous entrepreneur on the planet. It seems that success is a matter of course for this family, but the road to it was not easy for everyone.

A little backstory. Elon's parents divorced and, like civilized people, maintained friendly relations. The children themselves chose with whom to live. At first, Elon lived with his mother, but then moved to his father. In 1989, when Mei and her children moved from South Africa to Canada to make ends meet, she was working five jobs at the same time. The woman got a job at the University of Toronto so that the children could study for free, lead modeling courses and master classes in healthy eating, and also worked as a nutritionist. The kids didn’t mess around either: for example, Elon got a job at Microsoft, where a family friend worked. “The first thing we did when I got my paycheck was buy a carpet for the floor to sit on. We didn’t have any furniture,” May says. - And with the next one we bought a computer for Ilona. He was sitting at the computer right on the floor.”

When asked by the Huffington Post reporters about the secrets of raising children, May replies that the main thing is to set the right example. “My children know me as a person who worked very hard. Therefore, they themselves are workaholics.

May also reports that she never read notations to children, but she showed by personal example how difficult the path to success is. At the same time, she is sure that the success of her children is entirely their personal merit. “I have never helped my children. I worked too hard and too hard, they achieved everything on their own.

In 1995, Elon and Kimbal launched their own company, Zip2. The mother supported the desire of her sons to become successful entrepreneurs - it was she who insisted that Elon quit his main job and flew to Silicon Valley. Every six weeks she visited her sons and tried to help them with the business - for example, helping to write a business plan. Once, May recalls, she even gave them a presentation to investors until 2 a.m. “We were so tired that day that when we went to the best restaurant in Palo Alto, I said:“ This is the last time I I'm paying for our dinner." I kept my word, and since then I have never actually paid for them.”

In 1996, Musk invested all her savings - $ 10,000 - in the company of her sons Zip2, so that they could pay for office rent and other necessary things. Then it seemed like a pure adventure, but it was important for the mother to show faith in the cause of her children. In 1999, the company was bought by software maker Compaq for $307 million - Elon earned $22 million. May jokes that it was her best investment.

About Elon, May says this: “I was a nerd, and Elon is a super nerd. I once told him that there was no one in my class who knew mathematics better than me. He laughed because he knew mathematics even better than I did.” Most of all, she wanted the children to learn to work hard, because work, according to Mei, makes a person happy and does not age. “I firmly planted one thought in them: the more you work, the more successful you become.”

When asked by the Huffington Post about what Elon learned from his mother, she replied: “I hope he adopted my outlook on life.” The point is that Ilon does not need yachts and very expensive things, because he lived in difficult economic conditions: “Ilon's goal is to use the knowledge of physics to make this world a better place. People think that they are driven by a selfish motive. But it's not! It really upsets me when people say that about my son. Money was never important to him. He's just a passionate man, obsessed with his idea."

#justgettingstarted is May Musk's most popular Instagram hashtag. “Everything is just beginning” - according to her, not just a motto, but a philosophy of life. She taught her children to look to the future only with optimism - this, perhaps, was her main advice.

This year, the elegant Mae Musk, mother of three, nutritionist and model with 50 years of experience, turned 70 years old. However, describing Mei, one can use any number of epithets, except, in fact, the word "old" - this woman accepted her age with dignity and carries it so elegantly and almost solemnly that it seems that the years have made her even more beautiful. And since the name of her son Elon Musk began to appear regularly in all the news, attention to Mei has increased more than ever.

Looking at May Musk(Maye Musk), for her majesty and sophisticated elegance, one can readily believe that Elon Musk simply had no other choice but to become famous, successful and happy. Although, of course, everything did not start as rosy as you might think.

May herself was born into a large family in South Africa. She had four brothers and sisters, and her parents were so restless that they barely had time to raise their children. In 1952 (Mei was then four years old) they flew around the world in a small plane, and then for another 10 years they wandered through the Kalahari desert in search of the Lost City. So Mei from the very childhood learned to rely more on her own strengths and rely only on herself, not expecting guardianship or care from other people.

At 21, May won the Miss South Africa beauty pageant and the following year married Errol Musk, an engineer she met at university. They had three children - two sons, Elon and Kimbel, and a daughter, Tosca. Mae continued to work in the modeling business, and at the same time she received her education as a nutritionist in South America, and later, after the whole family moved to Canada, she also received a master's degree in nutrition from the University of Toronto.

After ten years of marriage, May and Errol divorced. Ilon at that time was only 8 years old, and the youngest Toska was barely 5 years old at all. May had to work five jobs at the same time to provide for her three children with everything they needed. At the time, they were renting a small apartment in Toronto. "We spent three weeks removing staples from the floor that were digging into our legs, and removing creepy green wallpaper from the walls, from which dust fell."

“When I got my first paycheck, I went and bought a cheap carpet and put it on the floor in our apartment, because there was nothing else in there at all, not even chairs,” May Musk recalls. “And with my second paycheck, I bought a computer for Elon .So he sat on the carpeted floor and sorted through his computer."

May recalls that at the time it was so hard for her that they could not afford to buy red meat - it was too expensive for their budget. One of Mei's clients used to treat her family to steak once a month, though Mei herself never admitted to him that this was their only opportunity to eat meat at the time. “He then gave me a huge kusman to divide it into my three children, and I cut this piece into 4 parts, froze them, and already divided each part into three, giving the meat to the children once a week. So I stretched this piece for a month."

Because of this poverty, children also had to get early jobs. Elon got a job at Microsoft before he even went to college, Tosca started working in a supermarket. And May herself assures that she never helped her children. "I had to work hard, so my kids learned to be independent early."

Although, of course, Mei is disingenuous. In fact, she was desperate to help her children set up their own business, covering their bills during their studies, flying regularly from Toronto to Silicon Valley, where Elon lived at the time, buying them everything from food to clothes, helping them write a business plan. .. In 1996, she gave away all her savings to cover Elon and Kimbal's office rent and expenses for their young company. However, recalling the episode, Mei shrugs her shoulders and says it was "the best investment" on her part.

Now, of course, the times of need are long past. Tosca Musk became a film director, Kimbal owns a chain of health food restaurants in several US states, and also works with his mother on the Learning Gardens project in schools, and Elon Musk became a billionaire, founding such huge companies as SpaceX, Tesla and PayPal.

Mei has built a great career in Canada during this time - both as a model and as a nutritionist. However, perhaps it is due to the fact that Mei successfully combines these two professions that she still looks great. While for most models careers end before the age of 30, Mei has continued to sign major contracts with leading firms for 50 years.

May can be seen in Revlon commercials, she starred in a Beyonce video, she appeared completely naked on the cover of Time, and New York magazine with a fake pregnant belly (at that time she was 63 years old). At 64, May appeared on the cover of Elle Canada and starred in commercials for Virgin America airlines. And last year, when she was 69, she became a spokesperson for American cosmetics company CoverGirl.

May also does not leave aside her main education - as a nutritionist, May traveled the whole world lecturing on healthy eating. Many agree that looking at May herself, it is difficult to underestimate the importance of proper nutrition - perhaps, in order to look like she looks at her age, you can also refuse extra pizza or going to McDonald's. However, May's main task is to instill a culture of good nutrition in children: she invests heavily in the project of organizing her own gardens with vegetables and fruits at schools that do not have canteens and in which children are used to eating junk food dry food.

However, the career of May's son, Elon Musk, was also not smooth; there are ups and downs in his biography. Read his story in our article.

The merits of 67-year-old May Musk go far beyond the modeling business. In addition to modeling for over 50 years, including in the plus size category, starring in Beyonce's Haunted video, as well as in Revlon and Clinique beauty campaigns, May Musk is known as a licensed nutritionist - 67-year-old model She received two higher educations in the field of dietetics and nutrition science. Musk has three children: the most famous is 44-year-old billionaire inventor Elon Musk, head of Tesla Motors, Space X and PayPal. Her daughter is a TV show producer and another son is in the restaurant business. The other day, Musk gave an interview to The New York Magazine and talked about her nutritional principles and beauty rules that you should listen to.

“If I’m supposed to shoot early in the morning, I drink a cup of coffee, eat some cereal and half a banana. I make my own high-fiber porridge: a mix of raisins, bran, wheat and barley, dried cranberries, chopped nuts and pecans, and sunflower seeds. I use 1% milk. I don’t consider almond milk to be milk, it’s not even a drink.

I don't really like training. I walk my dog ​​four times a day, but sometimes I still go to the gym.

While I do 30 minutes of exercise on a stationary bike, during this time I can read. Or I can run on the track. And when I do strength exercises and stretch, I watch TV at the same time - otherwise I get bored. However, after a workout, I always feel better. I feel proud of myself. My body feels better. It is important to always be active so that the bones remain flexible.

When I got divorced and moved to a new city, I did not limit myself in food, I ate everything and gained weight. But gaining 18 kilograms is not so difficult if you like fried foods. True, then at the age of 32 I became a model with magnificent forms and thanks to this I gained popularity.

As a plus-size nutritionist, I understood how difficult it is to lose weight. You must be vigilant. It is very difficult to be a plus-size model and a nutritionist. Therefore, in order to lose weight, I ate right for a year and dropped those same 18 kilograms in order to return to the sixth size.

I always have a snack with me, such as nuts or prunes. I don't like to go hungry. Because when you're hungry, you look at the food, and it's never salad - it's always muffins! So my principle is not to starve.

I fight temptation. When I visit my grandchildren, I eat a healthy dinner and let them eat their ice cream or cookies or whatever. I also want ice cream and cookies. But I deny myself this. You need to know the products that you should by no means: for me, this is sweet.

Let's say I flew to New York for a photo shoot. I will eat a nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack around 4-5 pm. By the time I get back to the hotel, I won't need to eat anything because I've eaten well throughout the day. For dinner, I can eat leftovers from lunch.

You need to keep your weight in check. It is always daily planning. It's worth it. It seems like hard work, but the result is that you feel great.

My healthy recipe: I make a soup with a mixture of 12 types of beans, soak them overnight, then boil them, add tomatoes, seasoning and let cool. I eat a bowl of this soup a day. It's very nutritious! One report found that people who lived longer ate a bowl of legumes a day.

I really love lamb meat - it's my favorite food in the world. It is a very nutritious meat. I eat all vegetables. I also eat potatoes, divided into three meals with lots of vegetables. This way you don't gain weight. I experienced it first hand. If I cook for myself alone, then it is very simple food. It's more like snacking during the day - egg on toast, lots of fruits and vegetables, and legumes. If I buy salmon, I eat it within three days.

I advise all women over 65 to be positive and enjoy life.” May Musk

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The model also does not leave aside her main education - as a nutritionist, Mei traveled the whole world, lecturing on healthy eating. Many agree that looking at May herself, it is difficult to underestimate the importance of proper nutrition - perhaps, in order to look like she looks at her age, you can also refuse extra pizza or going to McDonald's. However, May's main task is to instill a culture of good nutrition in children: she invests heavily in the project of organizing her own gardens with vegetables and fruits at schools that do not have canteens and in which children are used to eating junk food dry food.

May Musk family

Father - Joshua Norman Haldeman, mother - Winnifred Josephine Fletcher.

Her husband is South African businessman Errol Musk.

May has three children: Elon, CEO of Tesla, one of the most famous engineers, entrepreneurs and billionaires of our time; Kimbal is a healthy food enthusiast and owner of The Kitchen restaurant chain; and daughter Tosca is a talented film director, producer and co-founder of Passionflix-Netflix.

Has 10 grandchildren.

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May Musk
Maye Musk

Canadian-South African model

May Musk was born on April 19, 1948 in Regina, Canada. The girl was born with a twin sister Kay. My father was an avid aviator, traveling with the whole family in his own single-engine plane around North America. In 1950, a thirst for adventure forces the family to leave Canada and move to South Africa.

The girl from an early age was distinguished by excellent external data and high growth. At the age of 15, she enters a modeling school and begins to appear on the catwalk, was photographed for magazines and even becomes a finalist in the Miss South Africa contest. She had to study hard to overcome stereotypes that all models are stupid. Mei always carried books with her and read, even while sitting on the simulator.

May received her master's degree in dietetics from Free State University in South Africa. She later received another Diploma in Dietetic Education from the University of Toronto.

In 1970, the model married Errol Musk, a South African engineer she met at school. Errol had been in love with May since childhood and courted her for seven years. Nine months after the wedding, on June 28, 1971, the first child was born in the Elon family, who later became a famous entrepreneur, inventor and founder of SpaceX. A year later, Elon had a brother, Kimbal, and soon a sister, Tosca.

In 1979, May Musk divorced Errol and her sons Elon and Kimbal decided to live with their father. After graduating from high school, Elon decided to move to Canada and a year later May followed him with her other children. At first, the family barely made ends meet, and Mei had to work five jobs at the same time. Elon got a job at Microsoft, and his mother worked at the University of Toronto so that children could study there for free, taught modeling courses and lectures on healthy eating, and also worked as a nutritionist. May had to work five jobs at the same time to provide for her three children with everything they needed.

On a nerve basis, May Musk gained 18 kilograms and even became one of the first plus-size models, but after starting to work as a nutritionist, she was able to get rid of excess weight and continued her usual modeling career. She appeared in a commercial for Special K cereal, in an ad for Revlon, in a video clip of Beyoncé nude on the cover of Time magazine's health issue.

During this time, she built a great career in Canada - both as a model and as a nutritionist. However, perhaps it is due to the fact that Mei successfully combines these two professions that she still looks great. While for most models careers end before the age of 30, Mei has continued to sign major contracts with leading firms for 50 years.

May can be seen in Revlon commercials, she starred in a Beyonce video, she appeared completely naked on the cover of Time, and New York magazine with a fake pregnant belly (at that time she was 63 years old). At 64, May appeared on the cover of Elle Canada and starred in commercials for Virgin America airlines. And in 2017, when she was 69, she became a spokesperson for the American cosmetics company CoverGirl.