Elon musk the consummate entreprenueur
ELON MUSK THE FORWARD THINKING ENTREPRENUER AND THE WORLDS RICHEST PERSON WITH 190 BILLION BUCKS NET WORTH
Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
His mother Maye Musk, a model born in Saskatchewan, Canada, was raised in South Africa.
His father Errol, a South African Engineer, Pilot, Sailor, Consultant, and Property Developer.
His grandfather, Joshua Haldeman, was an American-born Canadian.
His grandmother had both British and Pennsylvania Dutch Ancestry
His parents divorced in 1980, Musk lived with his father in Pretoria, South Africa.
MUSKS CHILDHOOD IS BELIEVED TO BE DRIVEN BY FRUSTRATION FROM A FATHER HE LIVED WITH SO HE WAS DRIVEN TO CHANGE HIS LIFE EARLY ON.
Musk become estranged from his father, whom he has described as "a terrible human being".
"Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done" he was reported to have said.
MUSKS CHILDHOOD WAS ABOUT OVERCOMING INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS..GROOMING HIM FOR THE WORLD OF BUSINESS.
Musk was bullied at school and described as socially awkward and introverted.
His classmates once threw him down a flight of stairs putting him in hospital.
MUSK WAS AN ACADEMIC AND WANTED TO EMIGRATE TO THE USA
HE DID SO BY GRADUATING IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WITH ECONOMICS AND PHYSICS MAJORS IN 1997 AT AGE 26 YRS OLD from the Wharton School of Business the same Business School the same school Warren Buffett enrolled.
Musk HAD BOUNDLESS ENERGY A HUMAN DYNAMO
In 1994, As a student Musk held internships in Silicon Valley at an energy storage start-up called Pinnacle Research Institute, which researched electrolytic ultracapacitors for energy storage, and at Rocket Science Games.
Bruce Leak, the former lead engineer behind Apple's QuickTime who had hired Musk, noted:
"He had boundless energy. Kids these days have no idea about hardware or how stuff works, but he had a hacker background and was not afraid to just go figure things out."
In 1995, BRILLIANT ACADEMIC Musk was accepted to a Ph.D. program in energy physics/materials science at Stanford.
He dropped out of Stanford after two days, deciding instead to become an Entrepreneur.
MUSK THE ENTREPRENUR DOES CODING 7 DAYS A WEEK SHOWERING AT THE YMCA STARTS ZIP 2.
In 1995, Musk, his brother Kimbal, and Greg Kouri founded Web Software company Zip2 with money raised from Angel investors.
MUSK DEVELOPED A BUSINESS THAT PROVIDED A INTERNET CITY GUIDE WITH MAPS AND YELLOW PAGES FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
MUSK THE WORKAHOLIC STARTED HIS ENTREPRENUR LIFE AS DEAD BROKE AND LIVED AND SLEPT IN HIS SMALL PALTO ALTO CALIFORNIA RENTED OFFICE.
Musk he could not afford an apartment, instead sleeping on the office couch and showering at the YMCA. "The website was up during the day and I was coding it at night, 7 days a week.
MUSK IN EARLY 99 IS ONLY 28 YRS OLD AND ALREADY HAS 22MILLION DOLLARS .
COMPAQ BOUGHT HIS COMPANY Zip2 for a cool $307 million in February 1999. Musk received a massive $22 million for his 7 percent share from the sale.
MUSK INVESTS 50% OF HIS FORTUNE WITHIN ONE MONTH ONLY AND CO-FOUNDS X DOT COM AFTER DOING MORE "FORWARD ENTREPRENUR THINKING" AND SEES PROMISE IN PAYPAL WHICH WAS OWNED BY COFINITY WHOM HE MERGES WITH.
IN 2002 PAYPAL GETS SOLD TO EBAY WHO BUYS IT FOR 1.5BILLION BUCKS AND GIVES MUSK WHO OWNS 11% OF PAYPAL AND RECEIVES A MASSIVE 165 MILLION DOLLARS. MUSK IS ONLY 31YRS OLD AND HAS 165 MILLION DOLLARS!!
NOT TO RETIRE ON A TROPICAL ISLAND WITH ALL THAT MONEY (165 MILLION DOLLARS)..AT AGE 31 YRS..
MUSK AGAIN ALWAYS THE CONSUMMATE FORWARD THINKING ENTREPRENUER ENVISIONS SPACE TO BE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL AND GOES TO RUSSIA TO LOOK FOR ROCKETS AND INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES ICBMS AND START UP A NEW COMPANY TO FLY TO SPACE.
MUSK GETS BULLIED BY RUSSIAN SPACE ENGINEERS AND SPAT ON IN RUSSIA.
MUSK INSTEAD INVESTS 100 MILLION DOLLARS INTO SPACE X IN 2002
DECIDING INSTEAD TO MAKE HIS OWN ROCKETS WITH HIS OWN MONEY.
IN 2006 ..MUSK INCREDIBLY GAINS A CONTRACT WITH NASA TO SUPPLY RESUPPLY MISSION SERVICES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION...ISS.AFTER THE NASA SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM IS ENDED.
IN 2012..MUSKS COMPANY MAKES WORLD HISTORY AS THE FIRST COMPANY TO LAUNCH INTO SPACE TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IN 2014 ANOTHER CONTRACT MUSK WINS IS TO PROVIDE CREW FLIGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IN 2015..MUSKS COMPANY SPACE X MAKES HISTORY AGAIN LANDING FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BACK TO A LOCATION ON EARTH UTILISING A OCEAN BASED DRONE SHIP NEAR ITS ORIGINAL LAUNCH PAD AGAIN THE FORWARD THINKING ENTRAPRENUR ENVISIONS TO REUSE HIS COMPANYS OWN ROCKETS.
AGAIN MUSK FORWARD THINKS TO PUT LOW ORBIT SATELLITES IN SPACE FOR HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS LAUNCHING 2 INTO SPACE IN 2018 IN 2019 HE LAUNCHES 60 MORE SATELLITES.
MUSK THE FORWARD THINKING BIG TIME INVESTOR.
SPENDS 10 BILLION BUCKS ON HIS 10YR STARLINK PROJECT TO DEPLOY SATELLITES IN SPACE FOR HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS.
IN 2020 MUSK LAUNCHES DEMO 2 MAKING WORLD HISTORY AGAIN BY BECOMING THE FIRST COMPANY TO LAUNCH A PERSON INTO SPACE AND DOCK A SPACE CRAFT WITH THE ISS.
IN JANUARY 2021..MUSK MAKES WORLD HISTORY AGAIN BY BECOMING THE WORLDS RICHEST PERSON AT AGE 49 YRS OLD WITH A NET WORTH OF
190 BILLION DOLLARS BEATING
AMAZON'S CEO JEFF BEZOS 180 BILLION DOLLARS NET WORTH.
IN ADDITION, THE CEO OF TELSLA IS MUSK WHO MADE HISTORY AGAIN WITH THE WORLDS BEST SELLING ELECTRIC CAR THE MODEL 3 IN MARCH 2020.
Point of This Post?
THOUGHTS ARE POWERFUL...
WE CAN ALL ACHIEVE ANYTHING ! DREAM BIG...
WE ARE WHAT WE THINK
YOU WILL ONLY BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS YOU THINK YOU ARE!
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Informative post, indeed, Chris!