Elon Musk is an American technology billionaire, aerospace entrepreneur, electric auto industry pioneer, and philanthropist. Musk has been involved in Paypal, Tesla, The Boring Company, SpaceX, Neuralink and others. Best selling books published by or about Elon Musk include “Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World“, “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future“, and “The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos“.
Mini Elon Musk biography: Born Elon Reeve Musk in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. on the 28th of June, 1971. Elon Musk has been married twice and has had 6 children. Musk has residency in South Africa, United States and Canada.
Notable Quotes by Elon Musk
When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, ‘No, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked. Elon Musk
Humanity’s position on this planet depends on its intelligence so if our intelligence is exceeded, it’s unlikely that we will remain in charge of the planet. Elon Musk
Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson. Elon Musk
If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed. Elon Musk
The fundamental message that consumers should be taking today is that it’s financially insane to buy anything other than a Tesla. It would be like owning a horse in three years. I mean, fine if you want to own a horse. But you should go into it with that expectation. If you buy a car that does not have the hardware for full self-driving, it is like buying a horse. And the only car that has the hardware for full self-driving is a Tesla. Elon Musk
Only by breaking through to new paradigms of space travel will more than a handful of us ever get to Mars and make it a potentially livable place. Elon Musk
AI (artificial intelligence) is much more advanced than people realize. It would be fairly obvious if you saw a robot walking around talking and behaving like a person. What’s not obvious is a huge server bank in a vault somewhere with an intelligence that’s potentially vastly greater than what a human mind can do. And it’s eyes and ears will be everywhere, every camera, every device that’s network accessible. Elon Musk
The biggest challenge isn’t the engineering and spacecraft, however difficult they may be. Instead, it’s making sure that a sustained Mars campaign proceeds as a national priority, and that will happen only if the American people are behind it. We have the opportunity now to make this happen. We might not be so fortunate in the future. Elon Musk
People are mistaken when they think that technology just automatically improves. It does not automatically improve. It only improves if a lot of people work very hard to make it better. Elon Musk
To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That’s what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games – nothing like saving the world. Elon Musk
Although I am new in the (space) business, my team is not. I would say that, person for person, there has never been a better rocket company in existence, in history. I don’t think there has ever been a group this talented in one place, in one company, developing a rocket – ever. Elon Musk
If we can be one of the companies that makes it possible for humans to become a multi-planetary species, that would be the Holy Grail. It sounds a bit crazy but it’s going to happen, and only if people build the means to do so. We’re making progress toward a greater philosophical goal while building a sound business. Elon Musk
I like to be involved in things that change the world. The Internet did, and space will probably be more responsible for changing the world than anything else. If humanity can expand beyond the Earth, obviously that’s where the future is. Elon Musk
I want to be able to make sure that we have enough capital to survive at least three consecutive failures. If you want to make a small fortune in the launch vehicle business, start with a large one. Elon Musk
There’s a graveyard of prior attempts, a big graveyard. There’s probably some freshly dug graves just waiting to be filled. Our aspiration is to avoid that destination. Elon Musk
AI (artificial intelligence) is just digital intelligence. And as the algorithms and the hardware improve, that digital intelligence will exceed biological intelligence by a substantial margin. It’s obvious. Ensuring that the advent of AI is good, or at least we try to make it good, seems like a smart move. We’re not paying attention. Elon Musk
I think the reason it’s cheaper is, first of all, we are a private entity and we have a very lean system in here. What we have been able to do here at SpaceX is to cherry-pick, you know, the top one or two percent and give them, you know, capital to execute well and a clear mission, which is low cost, reliable access to space, and no other constraints. Elon Musk
I don’t think most people, even in the aerospace industry know what question to ask. Like it took us a long time to even frame the question correctly. But once we could frame the question correctly, the answer was, I wouldn’t say easy, but the answer flowed once the question could be framed with precision. Framing that question with precision was very difficult. Elon Musk
Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell. Elon Musk
I think there is a strong humanitarian argument for making life multi-planetary in order to safeguard the existence of humanity in the event that something catastrophic were to happen. Elon Musk
There is nothing inherently expensive about rockets. It’s just that those who have built and operated them in the past have done so with horrendously poor efficiency. Elon Musk
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How has Elon Musk inspired or influenced your life? Let us know in the comments below. He has done so many things and owned a few very successful industry changing businesses so there’s much to admire about the man. He is a very driven man though so he will tread on toes along the way to achieving his lofty goals, which means that not everybody will love him. What do you think?
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