 Hamleys and buy tricks. 'They all knew him because he came into the shop so much. He would go straight to the trick department. The magic tricks. 'He was always looking for something you can fool people with and walk out with a packet of various hoodwinking tricks.' Reminiscing about the SpaceX founder's childhood, Errol claimed that Elon and his younger brother Kimbal, 50, even hustled adults at rummy. He explained: 'Another memory I have is when we went on a family cruise once from Cork in Ireland to France. 'Elon and Kimbal joined some old people playing rummy. 'They were quite smart, these boys, and they'd already learned things like rummy and stuff like that. 'And they played these old people and came away with a lot of money. Like £23, which was a lot of money in 1979. Elon was eight then. 'I made him take the money but he refused saying he had won it fair and square. 'It was very funny but I had to keep a straight face and insist he give it back. 'They were really old and I wouldn't be surprised if Elon had pulled a few stunts.' Elon Musk smiles for the camera as a toddler in a pic from the family photo album Credit: Errol Musk Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seen at an event in Paris earlier this month Credit:){kind=link}
ELON Musk’s dad has revealed how the tech billionaire loved playing tricks and beating adults at games when he was a kid.
Retired electromechanical engineer Errol Musk, 77, told how the Tesla CEO, 52, had a “wicked sense of humor and loved winning” while growing up in South Africa.
Errol said his son particularly loved to “wipe out” the grown-ups while playing rummy and Monopoly.
He told The U.S. Sun: “Elon loved to go to (toy store) Hamleys and buy tricks.
“They all knew him because he came into the shop so much. He would go straight to the trick department. The magic tricks.