1. About Elon Musk :
Elon Reeve Musk is a South African-born American entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the Founder and co-founder of SpaceX and PayPal. He is also CEO, product designer, and one of the major stockholders of Tesla Inc. He is one of the richest people in the world according to Forbes and Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
2. Net Worth : 22,050 Cr USD (2022)
3. Born on : 28 June 1971 (age 50 years), Pretoria, South Africa
4. Parents Name : Errol Musk, Maye Musk
5. Education : Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
6. Childhood Interest : Passion to read books, computing, and video games.
7. First Earn : At age 12, he created and sold the video game called Blastar to PC and Office Technology Magazine for $500.
8. First Company : Zip2 in 1995, which partnered with newspapers to provide an online city guide service. He sold this company to Compaq in 1999 for $307 million.
9. Founder and Co-founder : Founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and Co-Founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. He co-founded the online bank X.com, which merged with Confinity in 2000 to form PayPal.
10. Awards : For the Contribution of the development of Falcon rockets, he has been awarded the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics George Low transportation in 2008, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Gold Space Medal in 2010, and the Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal in 2012.
11. World Richest person : In Nov 2021, Musk Surpassed Jeff Benzos of Amazon and became the richest person in the world with a net worth of over $300 billion.
12. He was listed among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2010, 2013, 2018, and 2021 and was also selected as Time’s “Person of the Year” in 2021.
13. Favourite Philosopher : Douglas Adams
14. Favourite Book : The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Lord of the Rings, Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
15. Inspiration for Hollywood : Hollywood character Iron Man. And parts of Iron Man 2 were filmed inside and outside SpaceX and he has done a cameo in the film.
16. In 2012, Musk has signed the Giving Pledge to give the majority of his wealth to charitable causes during his lifetime or in his will.
17. Elon Musk leadership style : Transformational Leadership-Focus on creating a real positive change in the world
18. 4 key traits to become Elon Employee : A super hardcore work ethic, Talent for building things, common sense, and trustworthiness.
19. Asperger’s syndrome : During his hosting of the US comedy show Saturday Night Live in May 2021, he reveals that he suffers from Asperger’s syndrome (a form of autism spectrum disorder).
20. Elon Musk owns Wet Nellie a custom-built submarine in the shape of a Lotus Esprit s1 sports car, created in 1977 for the James Bond film, The spy who loved me.
21. Tesla : Musk overtook the company Tesla in 2008 and oversaw the product design Roadster, the first electric sports car with lithium-ion battery cells
22. Elon nearly sold Tesla to Google : In Mar 2013, Tesla was near bankruptcy. Elon nearly sold Tesla to Google but the deal never took off as the company ended with a profit.
23. Musk Foundation runs the Musk Mars Desert Observatory Telescope in Utah and a Mars simulation environment that allows visitors to experience life on Mars.
24. Starlink : On Mar 13, 2022, Elon Musk’s Starlink-a satellite Internet service operated by SpaceX has been the most downloaded app in Ukraine with 21,000 downloaded on a single day.
25. Elon Musk quotes on success: “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough”
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