10 Things You Didn't Know About Elon Musk
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Elon Reeve Musk born June 28, 1971 is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer
He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship and is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX
co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.
co-founder and CEO of Neuralink; and
co-founder of PayPal. In December 2016, he was ranked
21st on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People.
As of October 2018, he has a net worth of $22.8 billion and is listed
by Forbes as the 54th-richest person in the world.
so lets discuss fun facts about elon musk
This man, Elon Musk had gone through a lot of failure. Unlike a glass, broken when fell down, he bounces back every time
like a rubber ball. Though, Elon Musk’s inventions and business shone many futuristic views, he started showing his talents in his young age itself.
Blastar - A Video Game: Elon Musk created a video game at the young age of 12. It was a basic computer game called “Blastar,”
similar to the popular game Space Invaders. He sold the rights to the game for $500. It can still be found online today.
Hyperloop Trains: Frustrated with traffic on the highway, Musk conceptualized and patented a technology called Hyperloop.
Hyperloop is basically a pod-like vehicle that travels through a tube. Allegedly, the Hyperloop will take passengers at a whopping
speed of 1,200 km/h. Although it hasn’t been created, Musk has created an open-sourced platform to encourage others to develop the idea
In IRON MAN - 2: Director, Jon Faverau, admitted that his iron man’s version was inspired by Elon Musk personalities.
Also, he acted in Iron Man - 2 and some of his movies was filmed at Space-x Headquaters.
Workaholic: Elon Musk is a workaholic by his own admission. Between all of his companies,
Musk works between 80-100 hours a week. His 18-hour day doesn’t even include a lunch break.
He eats his lunch every day while answering emails or taking meetings
A submarine car: The 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me featured a custom submarine in the shape
of a Lotus car. This vehicle is called the Wet Nellie. In 2013 Musk purchased the Wet Nellie for almost 1 Million
dollars. He plans to use Tesla Motors technology to make the submarine-car functional!
Model - S: The Model S is an amazing car designed by Musk’s car company, Tesla Motors. It is fast, sleek,
and SAFE. In fact, the Model S is the safest car ever made. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
awarded the Model S a safety score of 5.4 out of 5
A Smarty Dropout: For a college drop-out, Musk has done pretty well for himself. In 1995 Musk dropped out
of the PhD program at Standford after studying for just two days. One year later Musk sold his first company,
Zip2. He pulled in a cool profit of 22 million dollars from that sale
A Starwars Fan: Musk’s SpaceX created a series of reusable space rockets called the Falcon series.
A fan of StarWars, Musk named these rockets after the Mil
He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship and is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX
co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.
co-founder and CEO of Neuralink; and
co-founder of PayPal. In December 2016, he was ranked
21st on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People.
As of October 2018, he has a net worth of $22.8 billion and is listed
by Forbes as the 54th-richest person in the world.
so lets discuss fun facts about elon musk
This man, Elon Musk had gone through a lot of failure. Unlike a glass, broken when fell down, he bounces back every time
like a rubber ball. Though, Elon Musk’s inventions and business shone many futuristic views, he started showing his talents in his young age itself.
Blastar - A Video Game: Elon Musk created a video game at the young age of 12. It was a basic computer game called “Blastar,”
similar to the popular game Space Invaders. He sold the rights to the game for $500. It can still be found online today.
Hyperloop Trains: Frustrated with traffic on the highway, Musk conceptualized and patented a technology called Hyperloop.
Hyperloop is basically a pod-like vehicle that travels through a tube. Allegedly, the Hyperloop will take passengers at a whopping
speed of 1,200 km/h. Although it hasn’t been created, Musk has created an open-sourced platform to encourage others to develop the idea
In IRON MAN - 2: Director, Jon Faverau, admitted that his iron man’s version was inspired by Elon Musk personalities.
Also, he acted in Iron Man - 2 and some of his movies was filmed at Space-x Headquaters.
Workaholic: Elon Musk is a workaholic by his own admission. Between all of his companies,
Musk works between 80-100 hours a week. His 18-hour day doesn’t even include a lunch break.
He eats his lunch every day while answering emails or taking meetings
A submarine car: The 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me featured a custom submarine in the shape
of a Lotus car. This vehicle is called the Wet Nellie. In 2013 Musk purchased the Wet Nellie for almost 1 Million
dollars. He plans to use Tesla Motors technology to make the submarine-car functional!
Model - S: The Model S is an amazing car designed by Musk’s car company, Tesla Motors. It is fast, sleek,
and SAFE. In fact, the Model S is the safest car ever made. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
awarded the Model S a safety score of 5.4 out of 5
A Smarty Dropout: For a college drop-out, Musk has done pretty well for himself. In 1995 Musk dropped out
of the PhD program at Standford after studying for just two days. One year later Musk sold his first company,
Zip2. He pulled in a cool profit of 22 million dollars from that sale
A Starwars Fan: Musk’s SpaceX created a series of reusable space rockets called the Falcon series.
A fan of StarWars, Musk named these rockets after the Mil