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MUSK
CEO AND CHAIRMAN,
TESLA
NET WORTH: $20.5 B
STATS
AGE
46
SOURCE OF WEALTH
Tesla Motors,
RESIDENCE
Los Angeles, California
CITIZENSHIP
United States
MARITAL STATUS
Divorced
CHILDREN
5
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Pennsylvania
ON FORBES LISTS
#21 Forbes 400 (2017)
#12 Richest In Tech (2017)
#80 Billionaires (2017)
#30 United States
#21 Powerful People (2016)
FACTS ABOUT ELON
MUSK
-Elon Musk is revolutionizing transportation both on earth and in
space.
-Tesla Motors, his auto manufacturer, is bringing fully-electric
vehicles to the mass market. Its Model 3 car retails for a starting
price of $35,000.
-SpaceX, Musk's rocket company, is now valued at more than $20
billion.
-He grew up in South Africa, then immigrated to Canada at age
17. He landed in the US as a transfer student at the University of
Pennsylvania.
-Musk was a cofounder of Paypal; he scored a huge payday
when the business was acquired by eBay for $1.4 billion in 2002.
COMPANIES HE OWN
- PayPal
In 1999, Musk co-founded X.com, an online financial
services/payments company.
-Founder of SpaceX
Musk founded his third company, Space Exploration Technologies
Corporation, or SpaceX, in 2002 with the intention of building
spacecraft for commercial space travel.
-Founder & CEO of Tesla
Elon Musk is the co-founder, CEO and product architect at Tesla
Motors, a company dedicated to producing affordable, mass-
market electric cars as well as battery products and solar roofs.
-SolarCity Acquisition
In August 2016, in Musk’s continuing effort to promote and
advance sustainable energy and products for a wider consumer
base, a $2.6 billion dollar deal was solidified to combine his
electric car and solar energy companies.
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL
PERSONALITY
1. LEADERSHIP
2. CONFUCIAN VALUES
3. OPTIMISM
4. ROLE MODELS
5. HARD WORK
6. FRUGALITY
7. EDUCATION
HE BELIEVES
According to Elon Musk he believes that the growth of the
business, not the inner workings of your department relative to to
others within the company, should be every employee’s main
concern.
““We are all in the same boat. Always view yourself as working for
the good of the company and never your dept.”
PHILOSOPHY OF ELON
MUSK