Mother Knows Best: Meet The Woman Who Raised Tech Mogul Elon Musk | TODAY

We are launching a new series you guys it's called mother knows best we're kicking things off with may must and you might recognize that last name, it's a famous one, yes, she's Elon Musk's mother, but she's also a star in her own right she recently walked the runway for Dolce and Gabbana in Italy and she's a social media sensation at 70 NBC special anchor Maria Shriver sat down with the model and media master. I don't want to brag about myself, it's embarrassing and I've done just fine haha just fine may must is talking about her growing instagram account, but the 70 year-old social media maven and cover girl is much more comfortable bragging about her kids and then that opens for you to she's showing me her Tesla the electric car created by her son, Elon Musk the billionaire and tech mogul famous for pushing the envelope with his ideas. As well as his opinions that next morning, but it questions are not cool opening himself up to critics CEO Elon Musk started insulting analysts. How do you know when people attack your son, I mean the media to my face they just say thank you this is the media do negative headlines and you get angry about that I get very upset when you may is her son's staunchest supporter are you surprised that your son has become this global figure he was always brilliant always said he was he's actually come out of his shyness. Despite what her life may look like now may must says it hasn't always been easy by the time she was 31 she was divorced and raising her 3 kids, Elon Kimball and Tosca on her own in South Africa. She supported the family by working as a model and dietitian as long as I had health good health I could work day and night and I did work day and night when her children decided they wanted to leave for her native Canada, the family moved and may started all over again, you're pounding the pavement to have these 3 kids is it a struggle. Well financially it's a struggle, but I would go home and I had a happy family and that was that was more important may son Kimball says their mom set the tone at home, this element of joyful attitude towards making a difference focus on what you're passionate about you know money will come with a successful come and that's exactly what happened for Kimball and Elon Musk when they launched their first tech company zip 2 in Palo Alto in the mid 90's. I would go every 6 weeks I would cover the costs for example, 4 and and furniture and printing. After a particularly rough all nighter at King Coast making copies of their business plan for potential backers everything changed. Net money meant they came back and we were all exhausted and we look terrible and and they said they they're going to finance us said we're going to the best restaurant in town as it that's the last time you see my card so that really was the last. Yes, yes, yes. Today may is free to focus on her own career recently modeling with women half her age at a Dolce and Gabbana show in Italy think I'm representing older woman and women like it. She says her family likes it too and by the way she wants to make sure you know about all of them. I want to put time in Tosca does passion flicks with said best-selling romance novel she's making it to movies Kimball is doing the best of all gardens, you know in underserved schools. Ever the proud mother may Musk says she's also enjoying her time in the spotlight are you proud of yourself. I'm happy with where I am now he is proud. Yeah, it's a pride, I still think I have a lot more to do. Starting as a single mom with 3 kids are in care and look what she did I know now she's having her own moment. Really cool. To watch the latest interviews show highlights and digital exclusives.