The richest man in the United States, turned out to be a South African?
On May 5, the list of the 2022 billionaire list was announced, and Tesla CEO Musk topped the rich list, with a net worth of $219 billion.
$219 billion, what's the concept?
His net worth is higher than the GDP of Finland, Portugal, Chile, Colombia and other countries last year, only 35 billion US dollars less than that of his home country South Africa.
Isn't Musk the richest man in the United States, and how did South Africa become a motherland?
The man who made rockets, made cars, and threatened to get people to Mars was actually South Africans. When Musk was 17 years old, in order to avoid military service in South Africa, he immigrated first to Canada and then to the United States. Because the reason for leaving South Africa is very sensitive, Musk rarely mentions South Africa in public, nor does he go to South Africa to make any big investments. And South Africa was simply spared from his expansion "harvest".
Why?
The American billionaire, also known as the "leek harvester." And to make him rich and invincible, 3 times of "harvest" is crucial.
The first time was when he was 12 years old. Musk was bored and cool, so he got a computer that was still a rarity from his father, and designed a space game software by programming, earning the first pot of gold in his life, a total of $500. This laid the foundation for his obsession with the Internet and space.
The second time was when he graduated from college, every day he wanted to eat where to eat, he felt very troublesome, and he and his brother created a company, this company you can understand as Dianping Plus Gaud Map, in 1999 computer giant Compaq wanted to buy this company, Musk decisively sold, a profit of $22 million.
The third time was in 2000, musk, who was already a multimillionaire, began a second venture, benchmarking Apple Pay, and established a company specializing in online finance and Internet payment. Two years later, e-commerce giant ebay spent $1.5 billion to acquire, Musk made a profit of more than $100 million, and changed hands to invest in the newly established Tesla, $6.3 million, becoming Tesla's largest shareholder. Recently, he bought a large number of Twitter shares and became Twitter's largest shareholder.
For his harvesting behavior, many people have asked, "Who can stop his disorderly expansion"?
In fact, looking at every capital expansion of the billionaire, it is not disorderly, and the driving force behind each change, to put it bluntly, is Musk's dissatisfaction with the current state. And the key to his final success lies in his strength over his emotions.
Whether it is an individual or an enterprise, only from the strength of the point of view can we talk about development.