Elon Musk has a little sister named Tosca who is a filmmaker and has directed and produced several hit movies in Hollywood. Read on to find out more.
Tosca Musk is a South African Canadian-American filmmaker. She is an executive producer and director of feature films, television programs, and web content. Her work includes K. Bromberg’s Driven, Rachel van Dyken’s Matchmaker’s Playbook, and her web series, Tiki Bar TV.
Elon Musk is the second richest person on the planet thanks to the success of his car company Tesla, among many other businesses.
While Elon is well known in the world, her sister is quite known by a few. Tosca has a succesful career. Here’s everything we know about her.
Real Name: | Tosca Musk |
Net Worth: | $20.8 Billion |
Date of birth: | July 20, 1974 |
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Age: | 48 years old (as of 2022) |
Place of birth: | Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa |
Citizenship: | South Africa, Canada, United States |
Occupation: | Filmmaker, executive producer, and director of feature films, television programs, and web content |
Company: | Founder of Passionflix |
Known As: | Elon Musk’s sister |
Movies/Tv Shows: | K. Bromberg’s Driven, Rachel van Dyken’s Matchmaker’s Playbook, and her web series, Tiki Bar TV. |
Children | Twins Grayson and Isabeau, 8, |
Parents: | Errol Musk (father) Maye Musk (mother) |
Relatives: | Elon Musk (brother) Kimbal Musk (brother) Lyndon Rive (cousin) |
Family: | Musk family |
Who is Tosca Musk?
Tosca Musk is a South African Canadian-American filmmaker. She is best known for being the little sister of the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. Tosca was born on July 20, 1974, in South Africa and grew up in Johannesburg with her two older brothers: Kimbal and Elon.
In 1979, her parents, Errol and Maye Musk divorced. In 1981, Elon moved to live with his father; four years later, Kimbal did so as well. After graduating from high school, Elon moved to Canada; six months later, in 1989, Maye also moved to Canada with Tosca.
In the 1990s, Tosca Musk attended the University of British Columbia, graduating in 1997.
What does Tosca Musk do for a living?
Tosca Musk, the sister of Elon, is a producer and director, and co-founder of the streaming service Passionflix.
The 46-year-old produced the web series Tiki Bar TV between 2005 and 2009, a pioneering video podcast that helped launch the genre.
When promoting the iPod in 2005, late Apple chief Steve Jobs showcased the show to an audience as an example of a video podcast.
She co-founded Passionflix in 2017, an online streaming service that focuses on releasing film adaptations of best-selling romantic novels.
Her other brother Kimbal has invested in the service.
Speaking to the Times about Passionflix in 2019, she said: “I’ve always been a big fan of romance novels.
“I want to make films from a female perspective, with happy or hopeful endings. Many stories these days are so negative; the situations are so dark.
“Women want to see something that makes them feel good.”
Movies, Tv Shows – Career Summary
Musk produced and directed her first feature film, Puzzled, in 2001 with Musk Entertainment. Elon Musk was the film’s executive producer. Soon thereafter, Musk produced the feature film, The Truth About Miranda, followed by over a dozen features, television movies, and series, including the teen horror film, Cruel World, the UK feature, The Heavy, and the television drama, We Have Your Husband. In 2011, Musk produced three more television movies which aired on Lifetime and Hallmark in early 2012.
In 2005, Tosca Musk partnered with Jeff Macpherson to produce the web series, Tiki Bar TV. That same year, during the Macworld 2005 Keynote presentation (which introduced the iPod with Video) Steve Jobs showcased Tiki Bar TV to the audience as an example of a video podcast (a relatively new media format at the time) that could be loaded to the new video iPod using Apple‘s iTunes software.
Tiki Bar TV has been featured in Wired magazine, as well as in other media outlets. In July 2006, the show was featured in a profile on Jeff Macpherson in Forbes Magazine Celebrity 100 Issue as “one of the first breakout stars in the world of Internet television.”
Musk is the CEO and co-founder of the OTT streaming platform Passionflix. Developed in 2017 with writer Joany Kane and producer Jina Panebianco, Passionflix focuses on bringing best-selling romance novels to the screen. Tosca has directed several feature films for the platform including Alessandra Torre’s Hollywood Dirt, Sylvia Day’s Afterburn/Aftershock, Rachel van Dyken’s The Matchmaker’s Playbook, and K. Bromberg‘s Driven, and Jodi Ellen Malpas‘ The Protector.
What is Tosca Musk’s net worth?
Tosca has a net worth of $20.8 billion according to Idol Net Worth. According to Saving Advice, Tosca’s net worth in 2018 was $169.4million – around £121m.
Remarkably, this is just a fraction of Elon’s net worth – believed to be $165BILLION (£143bn).
And Passionflix investor Kimbal is believed to be worth $500m (£358m).
Is Tosca Musk married?
Tosca Musk isn’t married but does have two children.
Twins Grayson and Isabeau, 8, were born after she enlisted the help of a sperm donor.
Speaking to the Times about her decision in 2019, she said: “I didn’t want to compromise by settling down with a man that I wasn’t entirely comfortable with.
“So I decided to have children on my own. I’m a strong advocate of women having what they want. I guess that’s being a feminist, a modern woman.”