Elon Musk

edge and industry leading companies in the world, and they all have one thing in common: their South African-born leadership. Elon Musk is at this point a name known by people young and old across many disciplines, whether in business, investing, or engineering. His net worth is estimated at $11.4 billion as of October 31st, 2016, making him the 94th wealthiest person in the world (Forbes, Elon Musk). His companies also share the goal of revolutionizing how and where, mankind lives. Musk forms companies with the intent to solve a problem that he sees with the world. He does not see his companies as primarily a source of wealth for himself, but instead as a stepping…

I consider Elon Musk to be one of the greatest CEOs of our time. He was the founder of Zip2, an online directory service, and PayPal. Musk is presently CEO and CTO of Tesla Motors, a manufacturer of electric vehicles, and SpaceX, a designer of space transport services. Through my analysis of Musk’s exploits, I conclude that his strength as a leader is threefold: his ability to inspire others with his vision, his unwavering motivation to seek profitability through sustainability and purpose, and…

Leadership Profile: Elon Musk Introduction: Elon Musk is arguably one of the greatest leaders in business and innovation of the past few decades, and possibly into the future. As an adolescent, Elon Musk came to the realization that the most difficult thing was to come up with the right question. After much reflection, he decided the question that would shape the rest of his life: what things would have the greatest impact on the future of humanity’s destiny. Since then, Elon Musk has created…

Elon Musk has dreamt of going to Mars for a long time, and one of the key elements in his operation is an extremely fast transportation system in our world. (Chambra, 2017). Before even beginning the construction of the Hyperloop, Elon has already dreamed incorporating the technology for the mars exploration. Elon Musk stated, “The Hyperloop would incorporate a series of pods travelling in an atmosphere close to an absolute vacuum.” (Chambra, 2017). Musk also plans to create a massive rocket…

Elon Reeve Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa on the date of June 28, 1971. He is composed of three nationalities, South African, Canadian, and American. Elon lived an excruciating childhood. Musk was a ¨bookish” and awkward young boy who gained an interest into computers. His father wasn't the best, he was abusive and strict with his children. In addition, he was bullied during school. It was said that Elon´s best friend gave away his location and he was then beaten, in some other cases…

Elon Musk has never been shy to spend an exuberant amount of money in order to fulfill his ambition. Musk spent over $100 million in SpaceX, over $70 million in Tesla Motors, and over $10 million in Solar City upon entry into these markets without foreseeable returns (Vance, 2015). Musk dedicates large sums of money towards creating production facilities. Making up for the equipment expenditure relied on profits made from the Tesla electric vehicles and investor confidence (Vance, 2015). The…

Though not a scientist, Musk is still a large influence with his company, SpaceX. It's a commercial company who attempt to “Revolutionize Space Technology with the Ultimate Goal of Enabling People to Live on Other Planets” (SpaceX). Of course, interstellar travel is still just a dream, but that hasn't stopped SpaceX from revolutionizing the space exploration industry. One large problem that organizations like NASA face is what to do with a launched rocket. So far, their plan has been to crash…

Elon Musk is a man that will forever change the way of future of technology. With the recent success of Tesla, it is almost unheard for one to not know about them. Elon Musk has changed the automobile scene. Musk has created a new genre of cars that will grow later in the future, but Musk’s life has not always been successful. From growing up in South Africa, Musk was not able to have an exciting childhood with technology, and not too much money . Other than school, his day mostly consisted of…

inspirational film. After watching “Iron Man” and researching the film, I found out that Elon Musk is the inspiration for the character of Tony Stark in the film. According to director Jon Favreau, Musk is a person who could give us insight to the Tony Stark character in the film. Musk is a billionaire as well and a successful entrepreneur who manages several companies that…

Elon Musk was born in 1971 and is currently 46 years of age, Elon also own three big companies you may have heard about the Tesla, SpaceX, and the boring company. These companies are going to save our planets. SpaceX is a NASU competitor. SpaceX is the first rocket ship company to make a reusable rocket they did this to save money because 80 of the cost of rockets if from rebuilding the rocket. NASU even bought rockets from SpaceX because it was so much more cost-effective. SpaceX is planning to…