Seems impossible to pickup a newspaper or search effort without finding Elon Musk somewhere in the course of that effort. Who is Elon Musk? American? No. Canadian? NO. South African? Yes. Raised where? South Africa. Secondary education? South Africa? First trip abroad? Age 17, Canada-alone, w/o supervision: teenage explorer. Goes West, looks up uncle. Works; works hard. Decides on college in America; M.I.T. Hmm. Likes computers; likes coding. Does his own research. Remembers everything. Meets like minded folks. Begins startup cycle. Hits the big time.
How big is big? Nobody knows where this run will go; but, the arc is long and getting longer.
Tesla? Making money, finally. Solar City? Maybe making money; expanding. SpaceX? Making money: big plans for the future. The only drawback? One's imagination.
His biographer realizes that this is an open-ended story. There's more to come. He promises the moon(Mars); electric cars for the masses @$35K; batteries that will change the world(see Giga factory, Nevada). While he has accomplished much, he has detractors. However they frame his personality, readers will understand that the man is driven, focused, and defiant of nay-sayers and obstructionists. Experienced people said a private company could not launch a rocket, much less retrieve it(done). Or provide a reasonable mission to the ISS(space station) and return safely(done).
With Tesla S models zipping quietly around the neighborhood, and 350,000 orders for the Tesla family car, he's on a roll. He's an example of entrepreneurial spirit. He has thrown out the old commercial playbook, and created an entirely new book. The old industrial order has been shaken to its core by one man: Elon Musk(with a little help from his friends).
Check out the stock price runup and the affect on his net worth.(2021, November).
Good read.
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