The Economic Times

Small Habit That Changed Their Finances: Elon Musk saved up money as a child to buy a gadget that taught him a life changing business lesson

Long before Elon Musk built Tesla and SpaceX, he was saving his allowance for months to buy a computer. With the help of his father covering part of the cost, Musk bought a Commodore VIC-20 and taught himself programming from books. At 12, he created and sold the video game Blastar, earning his first significant money from software.