Elon Musk : SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, Biography, Life and Facts etc
Elon Reeve Musk (born June 28, 1971 in South Africa), South African born American entrepreneur is a business magnate and investor. He is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; owner and CEO of Twitter; Founder of PayPal; founder of the Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; and president of the philanthropic Musk Foundation.
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Elon Musk Personal Information and Early Life
Born : Elon Reeve Musk, June 28, 1971 (age 51), Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, South African born American.
Education : University of Pennsylvania (BA, BS)
Spouses : (Justine WWWilso, m. 2000; div. 2008), (Talulah RRRile, m. 2010; div. 2012), (m. 2013; div. 2016)
Children: 10
Parents : Errol Musk (father), Maye Musk (mother)
Business Title: Founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX ; CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc. ; CEO of Twitter ; Founder and CEO of X Corp. and X.AI ; President of the Musk Foundation ; Founder of the Boring Company ; Co-founder of Neuralink, OpenAI, Zip2 and X.com (part of PayPal).
Elon Musk : Awards and Honors
In 2006, Musk was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences , Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. Global Green product design award.
In 2007, Inc. magazine Entrepreneur of the Year award. Index Design award for his design of the Tesla Roadster.
In 2007/2008, George Low award for "the most outstanding contribution in the field of space transportation".
In 2008, National Conservation Achievement award for Tesla and SolarCity by National Wildlife Federation.
In 2008/2009, Von Braun Trophy by National Space Society's.
In 2010, Listed as one of Time's 100 people who most affected the world. The highest award in air and space for for aerospace records, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, presented by The world governing body. Recognized as a Living Legend of Aviation by the Kitty Hawk Foundation.
Named as one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire magazine.
In 2011, Forbes listed Musk as one of "America's 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under." Musk was awarded the Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization amount US$250,000.
In 2012, Musk was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Aeronautical Society's highest award.
In 2013, Musk was named the Fortune Businessperson of the year for SpaceX, SolarCity, and Tesla.
In 2014, Elon Musk was honored with an Edison Achievement Award for his "commitment to innovation throughout his career".
In 2015, Honorary Doctorate in Engineering and Technology at Yale's 314th Commencement Ceremony.
Elon Musk Business Career
Elon Musk’s and Zip2
In 1995, Elon Musk, founded Zip2 with his brother Kimbal, and Greg Kouri. The company developed an Internet city guide with maps, directions, and yellow pages, and marketed it to newspapers. Elon Musk provided $28,000 fund to his brother for company. Compaq company acquired Zip2 for $307 million in cash in February 1999.
Elon Musk’s and X.com and PayPal
in 1999, Elon Musk become co-founded of X.com, it is an online financial services and e-mail payment company.
In 2000, X.com company merged with online bank Confinity to avoid competition, because Confinity's money-transfer service PayPal was more popular than X.com's service. Elon Musk then returned as CEO of the merged company.
In 2002, PayPal was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock. In which Elon Musk, the largest shareholder with 11.72% of shares, he received $175.8 million.
In 2017, more than 15 years later, Elon Musk purchased the X.com domain from PayPal for its sentimental value. In 2022, Musk discussed a goal of creating "X, is the everything app"
Elon Musk’s and SpaceX
In 2001, Elon Musk became involved with the nonprofit Mars Society and discussed funding plans to place a growth-chamber for plants on Mars. In October 2001, he traveled to Moscow to buy refurbished intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that could send the greenhouse payloads into space but the group returned to the United States empty-handed. In February 2002, the group returned to look for three ICBMs and they had another meeting with Kosmotras and were offered one rocket for $8 million, which Musk rejected. So, He decided to start a company that could build affordable rockets. He start SpaceX With his won $100 million money. Elon Musk founded SpaceX in May 2002 and became the company's CEO and Chief Engineer.
Elon Musk’s and Starlink
In 2015, SpaceX began development of the Starlink. Starlink is a satellite internet constellation. It is providing satellite Internet access coverage to over 53 countries. It also aims for global mobile phone service after 2023.
Elon Musk’s and Tesla
Tesla, Inc. originally called Tesla Motors. It was incorporated in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, who financed the company. Both men played active roles in the company's early development prior to Musk's involvement. Elon Musk led the Series A round of investment in February 2004 and he invested $6.5 million, became the majority shareholder, and joined as a Tesla's board of directors as chairman.
Elon Musk and SolarCity and Tesla Energy
Elon Musk provided the initial concept and financial capital for SolarCity to his cousins Lyndon and Peter Rive founded in 2006. By 2013, SolarCity was the second largest provider of solar power systems in the United States.
Elon Musk and Neuralink
in 2016, Neuralink was founded by Elon Musk and a founding team of seven scientists and engineers with an investment of $100 million. The group of initial hires consisted of experts in areas such as neuroscience, biochemistry and robotics. Neuralink aims to integrate the human brain with artificial intelligence (AI) by creating devices that are embedded in the brain to facilitate its merging with machines.
Elon Musk and The Boring Company
In 2017, Musk founded the Boring Company. Its aim to construct tunnels and revealed plans for specialized, underground, high-occupancy vehicles that could travel up to 150 miles per hour (240 km/h).
Elon Musk and Twitter
In 2017, Elon Musk expressed interest to buying Twitter. In January 2022, Musk started purchasing Twitter shares.
Elon Musk and Hyperloop
In 2013, Musk announced plans for a version of a vactrain, a vacuum tube train, called Hyperloop.
Elon Musk and OpenAI & ChatGPT
In 2015, Musk co-founded OpenAI, a not-for-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research company aiming to develop artificial general intelligence. ChatGPT is a chatbot based on AI is a product of OpenAI.
In 2018, Tham Luang cave rescue and defamation case
In 2018, Musk appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast and discussed various topics for over two hours.
In 2019, Musk, through Emo G Records, released a rap track, "RIP Harambe", on SoundCloud.
Musk Foundation
Musk run the Musk Foundation, whose aim to provide solar-power energy systems in disaster areas; support research, development, and advocacy; and support science and engineering educational efforts.
Some interesting facts about Elon Musk
- Elon Musk uses a private jet owned.
- In January 2021, Musk, with a net worth of $185 billion.
- Around 75% of Musk's wealth derived from Tesla stock in November 2020.
- Musk was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018.
- Elon Musk has promoted cryptocurrencies and supports them over traditional government issued fiat currencies.
- Musk was born to a South African father and a Canadian mother.
- Elon Musk created and sold a video game to a magazine when he was 12 years old.
- Musk joined the social media service Twitter in 2009, and, as @elonmusk and he became one of the most popular accounts on the Twitter, with more than 85 million followers as of 2022.
- Elon Musk's IQ is reported to be 155.
- Musk’s first business venture was the founding of Zip2, a company that provided newspapers with maps and business directories and was later sold to Compaq for $307 million.
- Elon Musk moved from South Africa to Canada when he was 17 years old.
- Elon Musk purchased James Bond’s classic submarine car at a London auction in 2013.
- Elon Musk is a fan of rapper Kanye West, who was the famous rapper, is said to have inspired the billionaire CEO.
Elon Musk Famous Quotes
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
"Life is too short for long-term grudges."
"I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right."
"Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."
"If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion."
"Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson."
"I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
"If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not."
"I think there should be regulations on social media to the degree that it negatively affects the public good."
"People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else."
"It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket."
"Great companies are built on great products."
"I think it matters whether someone has a good heart."
"People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working."
"We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe."
"I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing of just using other people's money. I don't think that's right. I'm not going to ask other people to invest in something if I'm not prepared to do so myself."
"To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games - nothing like saving the world."
"With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. You know all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, and he's like, yeah, he's sure he can control the demon? Doesn't work out."
"Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment."
"I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side."
"Any product that needs a manual to work is broken."
"When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world."
"Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do."
"Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business - I'd say, number one is have a high pain threshold."
"Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product."
"I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
"I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration."
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