Kimbal Musk is the brother of Elon Musk, the second richest person in the world. Kimbal holds three nationalities: South Africa, Canada, and the United States. He is a known chef, restaurateur, and entrepreneur and is the most popular personality in the United States.
He owns The Kitchen Restaurant Group, a collection of restaurants in Colorado and Chicago. He is also the co-founder and CEO of various businesses like Big Green and the executive chairman of Square Roots. Big Green is a non-profit organization that is specially made for kids to learn and grow.
The company’s mission is to teach the kids about outdoor programming, gardening, and the environment. He owns Square Roots, where food is grown in special containers in a controlled environment. The food from those farming and harvesting procedures is sold in the cities, making people taste natural food.
Kimbal Musk Net Worth
When it comes to wealth, it is obvious that Kimbal wouldn’t even come close to his elder brother Elon. But, still, he built his reputation and turned out to be a successful entrepreneur who managed a few businesses as well. As per the sources, his net worth is estimated at around $700 million, making him one of the richest celebrity chefs in the territories of Canada and Africa.
| Net Worth: | $700 Million |
|---|---|
| Real Name: | Kimbal Musk |
| Birth Date: | September 20, 1972 |
| Age (as of 2024): | 51 Years |
| Birth Place: | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Height: | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Wife: | Jen Lewin |
Early Life
Kimbal Musk was born on 20th September 1972, making him 51 years old as of 2024. He shared his childhood with two siblings, Elon Musk, sister Tosco Musk, and many other cousins. Kimbal’s mother is a dietician and a known model who still used to give poses for magazines.
The mother’s name is Maye Musk, and the father’s name is Errol Musk, who is involved in engineering practices. At first, Kimbal attended high school in Pretoria, South Africa. He left the school and moved to Kingston, Ontario, Canada, with his brother.
He then enrolled at Queen’s University and pursued a degree in business. He received his degree in 1995. Kimbal Musk began his painting business with College Pro Painters in 1994. The same year, his brother, Elon Musk, and sister, Tosco Musk, started their company, Zip2.
Their company was later sold to Compaq for $307 million in 1999. Zip2 was an online website that provided city guides and content for the online versions of The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune newspapers.
Career
After investing in various companies, Kimbal moved to New York, while Elon Musk stayed in California. Kimbal then joined the French Culinary Institute in New York City. In April 2004, he opened The Kitchen, which became popular in Boulder and later had various locations in downtown Denver and Chicago.
Kimbal also had a few private job practices. He worked as a CEO for OneRiot – an advertising company. He served this designation from 2006 to 2011. For seven years, he supported the Growe Foundation, helping the schools to plant gardens in the Boulder community.
Then, in 2011, Musk and Matheson established Big Green [originally named Kitchen Community]. It is a non-profit organization that connects kids to learn garden activities in schools across America. The learning activities of gardening were tied with the existing curriculum of schools, including subjects like Maths, Science, and Literacy.
In 2012, the company Big Green built 26 gardens in Colorado, 12 gardens in the small places of the USA, and 16 gardens in Chicago. Kimbal received a massive project from the US government [Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel] in December 2012.
He was given the project to install 80 learning gardens in Chicago city schools, for which he was given $1 million. By 2nd February 2015, the company celebrated the building of the 200th garden through The Kitchen Community.
By the end of 2015, he had built at least 260 gardens across Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, and Memphis. In 2016, Kimbal Musk built another company with his companion [unknown]. The company was named Square Roots, and it deals with organic food.
In January 2018, The Kitchen Community became Big Green, a non-profit national organization. After that, Big Green was established and spread across seven cities in nearly 600 schools, impacting 300,000 students daily. After that, a seed day was celebrated, calling it an international holiday.
Personal Life
Kimbal Musk is a happy-living married man with his extended family residing in the United States. He first married a girl named Jen Lewin, with whom he started the first company, The Kitchen.
The pair was blessed with two children, but their marriage could not flourish for long, and they divorced. In April 2018, Kimbal Musk married Christiana Wyly, who was already divorced and had a daughter with Sam Wyly. Kimbal Musk has another daughter from another relationship besides his marriage.
Social Media
Kimbal Musk is available on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. His verified account handle is kimbalmusk. His Instagram bio mentions he is a “Chef, Entrepreneur, Food Activist….” On Twitter, he is available under the same name—𝙺𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚔 [@kimbal], which he joined in April 2007.
In addition to mentioning his designations as a chef, entrepreneur, and others, he also states that he is a philanthropist. He goes by his name on Facebook – Kimbal Musk, with a verified account. He also owes a website by the URL http://www.kimbalmusk.com/about/.
