Pictures of world's wealthiest man and Tesla CEO Elon Musk when he was in his 20s have been put on auction by his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Gwynne. She has listed about 20 items, including their pictures as a couple, Musk-signed $1 bill among other things for sale on RR Auction for her stepson's college tuition.
Apart from Elon Musk's photos, there are gifts that he had given to Gwynne, including an Elon Musk signed birthday card, a 14K gold necklace etc. According to the description of the auctioned items, Gwynne and Musk began dating in the fall semester of 1994-1995 when they both lived and worked as Resident Advisors (RAs) in the 'Spruce Street' part of the University of Pennsylvania's Quadrangle dorm.
"This picture was taken in my dorm room in the Quad at Penn. Elon was usually very reserved, but occasionally he would just get very silly and just want me to laugh along with him. So I decided to document him actually smiling," Gwynne wrote about a photo where Musk can be seen lying on the floor laughing, his feet up on a table.
"Timeline note here– Elon talked about electric cars being the way of the future back in 1994. He said [EV] was going to be [at the] forefront of the movement and I never doubted that he would be there – he was so matter-of-fact and so sure that electric cars were coming. So, honestly, for the last 25 years, I knew Tesla was going to work, that it was going to be successful. There is something so very infectious about Elon's confidence and clarity," Gwynne wrote.
Jennifer Gwynne is now 48 and lives in South Carolina. She is auctioning the photos of her college sweetheart Elon Musk t raise funds for her stepson's college tuition. She said the one-year romance was sweet but Elon Musk was not very affectionate. She claimed Elon Musk started seeing Justine Wilson, Elon Musk's first wife, behind her back and Jennifer and Musk broke up in 1995 when Musk moved to Palo Alto.