When Tesla CEO Musk is mentioned, people will think of titles such as "the owner of the banknote ability", "the helmsman of the frontier field", and "the brother of the coin circle". Now, Musk has another title - a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
The National Academy of Engineering released the list of additional academicians in 2021 on February 9, local time, and Musk was among them. Musk then retweeted the content on social media and said "thank you very much."
Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
On February 9, local time, the National Academy of Engineering released the list of additional academicians in 2021, and a total of 111 academicians and 22 foreign academicians were selected this time.
It is worth noting that Musk's name appears in the supplementary list. This also means that Musk has since held the title of "academician".
Why was Musk selected? The National Academy of Engineering also gave the reason: SpaceX founder, CEO and principal engineer Elon Musk made breakthroughs in the design, engineering, manufacturing and operation of reusable launch vehicles and sustainable transportation and energy systems.
According to public information, Musk briefly studied at the University of Pretoria, then moved to Canada to study at Queen's University, and transferred to the University of Pennsylvania two years later with a bachelor's degree in economics and physics. Although he attended Stanford University in 1995, he dropped out of school shortly after and decided to pursue a career in business. This also means that Musk's highest degree is a bachelor's degree.
In addition, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, LG Energy Solutions Michigan President Gray Denise, and General Electric Smart Grid Business Head McDonald John were also selected.
According to public information, the National Academy of Engineering was established in December 1964, which is the highest level of academic institution in the engineering and technical community in the United States, and is also one of the more influential engineering institutes in the world. Membership of the National Academy of Engineering is one of the highest honors in engineering and is awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to research, practice, and education in the field of engineering. As of now, the total number of academicians of the American Academy of Engineering has reached 2388.
Multiple titles in one
In fact, as a focal point, Musk has a lot of titles or titles.
"Banknote capacity owner": Thanks to the rapid development of new energy vehicles in the past two years, Tesla's stock price has risen like a rainbow, and Musk's net worth has also risen. According to the Forbes global rich real-time list, as of February 10, Musk is worth $256.1 billion, the world's richest man, $59.1 billion higher than the second-place net asset value.
"Frontier field helmsman": In the field of new energy vehicles, Tesla can be described as a leader; in the hot "space technology" competition in the past two years, SpaceX is also competitive. SpaceX was founded by Musk in June 2002 and has been nearly 20 years now. Musk's brain-computer interface company Neuralink has achieved results in animal experiments, and a recent public recruitment of top neural directors has attracted attention. There are arguments that Musk may be preparing for human clinical trials of brain-computer interfaces.
"A brother in the coin circle": Musk has repeatedly expressed his love and hatred for virtual currencies such as Bitcoin and Dogecoin on social platforms, and many remarks have triggered a huge earthquake in the virtual currency market. Tesla recently submitted documents showing that last year Tesla accrued about $101 million (about 642 million yuan) of impairment losses due to changes in the book value of bitcoin, and for a time "Musk speculated on the loss" became a hot topic.
Editor: Ya Wenhui
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