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Rare circa 1995 Zip2 business card of Elon Musk, 3.5 x 2, listing him as “Elon Musk, Chairman of the Board, Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder.” The off-white card is embossed with the Zip2 logo in the upper left and lists the company's address as “390 Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306,” with telephone and fax numbers, and Musk’s email address: “[email protected].” Also included are Zip2 business cards for Greg Kouri (Co-Founder, Director, Channel Alliances), John Canfield (Senior Product Manager), Owen Van Natta (Director, Network Advertising), and Darr Aley (Director, Business Development). In overall fine condition, with small staple holes to each card.
Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from the consignor: ‘In 1995, I was EVP of an internet start-up Save Smart located in Mountain View, CA. It was funded in part by Softbank Holdings. Softbank Holdings had several investments in Silicon Valley... They were curious if there might be unidentified synergies within their investment portfolio. I was asked to meet with several companies that Softbank had or was considering investing in. By chance, one of the companies I met with to identify potential synergies was an internet startup called Zip2 in Palo Alto, CA. It was founded by Elon Musk, his brother Kimbal, and Greg Khouri. Zip2 was Elon's first company after completing college. Musk was about 23 years old when we met.
All of our meetings were in Elon's office with other members of Elon's team joining in as necessary. As I recall, Elon's brother, Kimbal Musk, participated in one of the three meetings I had with the Zip2 team. In 1995, it was customary to share 2x3-inch business cards, hence the business cards. Although Elon and I did not identify marketable synergies, I walked away with five Zip2 business cards, including the company chairman, Elon Musk's card. Upon returning to my office, I stapled the cards to a physical Rolodex.’
