She was inspired to do so after seeing a story in December about how a homework assignment Musk graded while he was a teaching assistant at Penn's Wharton School brought in US$7,753 (RM34,872.99) at an online auction by RR Auction of Boston. — Reuters
Jennifer Gwynne was a junior at the University of Pennsylvania when she met Elon Musk at a staff meeting for resident advisers.
Musk, then a senior, served as an RA at a freshman dorm next to the one Gwynne oversaw. One day, he knocked on her door.