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It was 1989 when Mark Teulon first met his 17-year-old cousin.

The boy came all the way from South Africa to stay at Teulon’s farm near Waldeck, a village east of Swift Current. He spent a mere six weeks on the farm, but it was enough to give Teulon the impression that he was a little sharper than your average teenager.

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“He was a pretty smart guy,” says Teulon. “We had that figured out pretty quick.”

His cousin, who celebrated his 18th birthday on the farm, was Elon Musk.

Yes, that Elon Musk.

Musk is now an inventor, engineer and entrepreneur who has revolutionized several high-tech industries. He is the CEO and product architect of electric car manufacturer Tesla, as well as the founder, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, one of the leading private aerospace companies.

His most recent business venture, Neuralink, intends to create devices that can be implanted in the brain, allowing humans to interface directly with computer software.