Elon Musk Biography: Biography Of New Twitter Owner, News, Age, Country & Family

Tesla

Elon Musk joined Tesla Motors, Inc. in 2004 as chairman and product architect. In 2008 he became CEO of the company. Tesla first built an electric car in 2008, the Tesla Roadster. He would later launch one of the earlier models into space. The electric car was the starting point for a whole series of new models.

One day, Musk thought of the idea of having SEXY in his Tesla portfolio. So he named the following models: Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y (S3XY). He could not name the second in the series Model E because Ford has registered this trade name.

Self-landing rockets

With SpaceX, Musk launched the first Falcon 1 rocket in 2006. The rocket did not make it to orbit, but despite this, the company was awarded a contract by NASA (Commercial Orbital Transportation Services).

SpaceX failed twice more, causing Musk so much stress that he reported physical pain and woke up screaming from nightmares.
In 2008, Musk succeeded in launching the Falcon 1 rocket and putting it into orbit. This made SpaceX the first commercial company to do so.

In the same year, SpaceX received a new contract from NASA, called the Commercial Resupply Services contract, for a total of 12 flights with the Falcon 9 rocket in combination with the Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).

In 2012, the time had come. SpaceX’s Dragon capsule docked at the ISS, a true first for commercial spaceflight. The organisation’s goal was still to develop reusable rockets and capsules. The first stage of the Falcon Heavy rocket was successfully landed. Subsequent launches even landed the rocket on a self propelled ship, just off the coast.

The Boring Company

The good ideas keep coming from Elon Musk. In 2006, he started The Boring Company, aimed at building a tunnel network under cities to relieve the heavy traffic. In early 2017, the company started building a test trench on SpaceX’s premises. In 2021, a tunnel under the Las Vegas Convention Centre was completed. Local government authorities have since approved the tunnel system.

In 2018, Musk produced and sold flamethrowers for the company, inspired by the movie Spaceballs, directed by Mel Brooks.

Tesla Roadster in space

In 2018, Elon Musk launched the Falcon Heavy containing Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster. On the screen in the cockpit is a message for aliens who might enter the vehicle in the future: don’t panic!

In 2017, SpaceX unveiled the Starship. A year later, SpaceX announced it planned a trip to the moon in 2023. In 2020, the company performed its first manned flight, making them the first commercial company to put a person into orbit.

Elon Musk Starlink satellites

In 2015, SpaceX began developing the Starlink satellites that were put into low Earth orbit. The constellation of satellites would be shot into space in phases and the whole project would take around 10 years and cost $10 billion.

SpaceX has faced a lot of criticism from astronomers who say that this satellite constellation will cause danger in space. Musk firmly rejects the criticism and states that the impact of the satellites is zero.

Elon Musk crypto

Elon Musk is very optimistic when it comes to crypto currencies, especially about Dogecoin. The founder of Tesla and SpaceX tweeted several times about this digital currency, which he himself calls the people’s coin. In a statement, he explains that many people around him have bought Dogecoin and that he therefore also supports this token. He feels that this is the crypto currency of the general public.
Musk acknowledges that he has invested in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin.

Elon Musk wife and children

It is clear that Elon Musk is a busy man. Besides his businesses, he also has six children to look after.
In 2020, Musk had a son with his then girlfriend Grimes. Before that, he had five other children with his ex-wife Justine Wilson. His first child with Justine died of cot death. Nevada Alexander Musk was only 10 weeks old.

Little is known about most of his children. The name of his last child was the subject of much debate. He and partner Grimes named the child XÆ A-Xii. In a podcast with Joe Rogan, Musk revealed the way the name is pronounced: X-Ash-A-Twelve.

Between 2010 and 2015, Musk was married to Talulah Riley.

Elon Musk net worth

A large part of Elon Musk’s net worth comes from the shares he owns in Tesla and SpaceX. On 8 December 2021, he was officially the richest man in the world, with an estimated net worth of $278 billion. Musk is ahead of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and billionaires Bill Gates and Larry Page on the list of the world’s richest people.

Time magazine declared Elon Musk person of the year 2021.

Elon Musk quotes

• “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
• “If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.”
• “There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What’s the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing.”
• “When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.”
• “Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”
• “It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
• “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
• “Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.”
• “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.”
• “We’re going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.”
• “The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.”
• “People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.”
• “I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.”

Publications and Books by Elon Musk

• 2018. Making life multi-planetary. New Space, 6(1), 2-11.
• 2017. Making humans a multi-planetary species. New Space, 5(2), 46-61.
• 2006. The secret Tesla Motors master plan (just between you and me). blog), August, 2.
• 2001. U.S. Patent No. 6,185,194. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
• 1999. U.S. Patent No. 5,944,769. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.