In the United States, many people see Elon Musk as a real-life version of "Iron Man" - a superhero who is proficient in technological invention and uses it to protect himself from conspiracies and embark on the road to save the earth.
Unlike the wisdom and dashing displayed by Apple founder Steve Jobs, Musk has a tough guy image that is more in line with the American aesthetic, giving people a sense of safety and reliability, he is tall, strong, and obsessed with inventions that can change the fate of all mankind.
Musk is also a very ambitious inventor and entrepreneur, he from the early founding of Zip2, X.com and other companies to achieve financial freedom, from SpaceX, Tesla, Sun City to find the feasibility of realizing the dream, making him famous! He is also directly involved in the research and development and design of civil rockets and environmentally friendly cars Tesla. In addition, he invested in films, was passionate about philanthropy, and had a lot of energy.
All along, we can only get information about Musk through limited coverage of Musk, or from the vague descriptions of Silicon Valley venture capital circles, to understand the tip of the iceberg of his career. Although elon Musk is not a strange face in the domestic Internet venture capital circle and the technology media circle, people in these two circles can say more about musk and his company's deeds, and less can at least say: "Ah, Elon Musk, I know, is the crazy person who wants to send people to Mars." And musk invested in internet payment instruments PayPal even have some followers at home. When the Tesla sedan brand it created entered China in 2013, it caused domestic Internet entrepreneurs and bigwigs to chase after it, and became the favorite of Internet trendsetters.
Musk's maverick style stemmed from his mother's laissez-faire approach to education that had been passed down through generations, beginning with his maternal grandfather, a Canadian who worked as a farmer, builder, cowboy performer, and masseuse, who, at the peak of his career and family, decided to leave his homeland, sell all his property, and move his family to a strange and socially turbulent South Africa. From a toddler, Musk began listening to his mother tell his grandfather's stories of adventures — going deep into the jungle in search of the Lost City; flying tens of thousands of kilometers in his own private jet, from South Africa to Norway and then to Australia, until he broke his neck in a plane accident at the age of 72, ending his crazy life. Musk is also adventurous, having snatched the world's limited-sale (66) McLaren F1 cars from renowned designer Ralph Lauren and invited Oracle co-founders, who also own the car, to compete.
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Like Jobs, Musk had an unhappy childhood, with his parents divorced and separated (Musk first lived with his mother for a few years, living with his father at age 12 until he was 18). Musk lived in South Africa, with the continent's innate freedom and roughness, accompanied by bloodshed under intense racism, which made him feel ashamed of being a wealthy white class. This social environment has led Musk to put the salvation of humanity first from the beginning, rather than solving the problems of a country in South Africa and even on the African continent. We can find that Musk's entrepreneurial career is not smooth, in the Zip2 and X.com two projects, Musk lost control of the company due to the overhead of venture capitalists and conflicts with partners, although it is not out of the game (after all, he has received enough wealth to support his next business experiment), but in the end let him understand that as an entrepreneur, the actual control of the company is an extremely important thing.
At present, Musk has done a good job, and as the CEO of several companies, he still firmly grasps the steering wheel of the company's progress. But compared with profit-seeking venture capitalists, Musk's investment is more idealistic and humanitarian, such as Musk's blatant declaration of sending humans to Mars, you know, compared to Mars, the most barbaric Sahara Desert on earth can be described as rich and abundant; such as investing in Tesla, which aims to produce pure electric vehicles, he is not even willing to compromise to produce hybrid cars that most car giants are currently enthusiastic about; and SpaceX's rocket exploration technology, which is not only against a certain company, like Russia, Europe also sees him as a thorn in the eye, and it's no wonder his ex-wife worries that "Musk's move could lead to the assassination of a Russian spy."
"Musk is a genius" This is the view of some people who believe that Musk's company is trying to innovate technology at the most affordable cost by studying the most cutting-edge technology, and is engaged in the great cause of saving all mankind. "Musk is a liar" This is the view of other people, who believe that Musk is a businessman who is under the guise of technological innovation, wearing the mask of hypocrisy to save mankind, and is only interested in profit, mainly based on the fact that Musk has used some political means to obtain NASA purchase orders, before which SpaceX was repeatedly frustrated by several rocket launches and almost went bankrupt. No matter what, Today's Musk is still on the road to dreaming.