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Zip2 Corporation

Elon Musk dropped out of college to found his first company, Zip2 Corporation. The company was engaged in developing an online city guide, which provided publishing software for online versions of some newspapers. Four years later, Zip2 was purchased by Compaq, and Musk receiving about $22 million from the deal, became a millionaire at the age of 28.