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The wealth of the American tycoon is close to 219 billion dollars, a figure higher than the GDP of Greece, Qatar or Algeria
The South African-born billionaire’s assets include SpaceX, Twitter and The Boring Company.
At a time in history when the richest man in the world is being targeted by businessmen, Internet users, consumers and advertisers, the book Elon Musk it becomes a huge reference that helps us understand what is in the mind of a technological idealist.
The text takes us through the known history -and the one that has only been created between theories and speculations- of the life of Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla Motors, SpaceX and SolarCity and now Twitter. In addition, the innovation of their companies in their respective fields (automotive, aeronautical and energy) makes science fiction become reality and a little more.
Born in South Africa, the billionaire tycoon had a difficult childhood as a child prodigy with his sights set on America. As narrated in this book, as soon as he could, he crossed half the world to study in Pennsylvania.
His early successes are so great that it’s enough to mention that Musk sold the first company he created, Zip2, for $300 million, and the second, PayPal, for $1,500.
Softcover: $389.00
Elon Musk has been regarded by many as a great dreamer, who he thought of magnanimous things for humanity and that he has managed to reinforce them with his business exercisefrom electric cars at affordable prices, to space rockets, colonies on Mars, a train capable of traveling at 1,200 kilometers per hour, lithium batteries in which energy is stored and now with the operation of a social network that promotes freedom of expression and exert “viral” pressure on opinion leaders and politicians.
Ashlee Vance It claims to tell the true story of the South African tycoon and his tumultuous rise to the top of the business world; The author considers Musk as a man who has revolutionized the industry around the world, breaking the limits of innovation and generating controversy between followers and adversaries.
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