Elon Musk Is Ludicrously Rich Because He’s Not Focused On Making Money
Elon Musk’s tremendous success is due in fair part to the fact that he’s not that focused on making money.
Elon Musk’s tremendous success is due in fair part to the fact that he’s not that focused on making money.
How did Elon Musk grow into the business maverick he is today? It didn’t come easy. Even though the 48-year old tech titan Elon Musk is currently worth more than $40 billion, CNBC reports that the “Tesla and SpaceX boss hasn’t always been so wealthy.”
A little more than 4 years ago, I published an article about why people loved Elon Musk so much. Given that it’s still #ElonMuskDay in California, it seemed like a good time to repost this article. Here it is:
If you haven’t see the part one of the Elon Musk interview with the Third Row team yet, I highly recommend it. That said, I know it is challenging to find 2 and a quarter hours to dedicate to listen to it, so I summarized the content of the podcast/video for you so that you can easily jump to sections that most interest you!
The team at Third Row Tesla Podcast recently sat down at home with Elon Musk for a revealing chat about his young adulthood and varied career before Tesla. Elon’s brother Kimbal and mum Maye also joined parts of the conversation, adding to the informal vibe and contributing some colourful anecdotes. The interview is well worth a watch.
Elon Musk has been the target of a relentless smear campaign this year. While greedy (and shadowy) figures spew salacious gossip, diehard Tesla fanboys claim to know the real deal — right down to the most obscure detail about The Ironman. Hint: see item #5 below. To test your own knowledge, see if you’re aware of these surprising 15 factoids (via CNBC and Redbook) about Elon Musk.
Tesla and SpaceX are not just two companies led by Elon Musk — they are two visions: 1) a sustainable future here on Earth and 2) expanding the human race to other planets. Both companies aiming for these audacious, larger-than-life goals had to face far tougher times than they’re facing today.
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— The Doer taught himself programming on a Commodore personal computer.
— The Dreamer made a drawing of an electric car of the future.
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Following up on the very interesting Stanford interview with Elon Musk and a snippet from an interview with Elon and Bob Lutz, here is an equally interesting (perhaps even more interesting) interview with Elon and his brother, Kimbal Musk. The two people are clearly looking to do a lot of good … [continued]