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Elon Musk. Biography and career

Elon Musk. Biography and career

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by Alexandra Smirnova

a year ago


Elon Musk is an American industrial engineer of South African descent, an entrepreneur who co-founded PayPal and founded SpaceX. He is also one of the early investors in Tesla, an electric vehicle manufacturing company, and now serves as its CEO.

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Who is Elon Musk?

Musk was born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa. He studied at the University of Pretoria before moving to Canada at the age of 17, obtaining citizenship through his Canadian-born mother. Two years later, he enrolled at Queen's University in Ontario and later transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned bachelor's degrees in economics and physics.

A biography was even written about Musk by author Ashley Vance. He described Musk as an awkward and introverted child. When Musk was ten years old, he developed an interest in computer and video games, teaching himself to program from his Commodore VIC-20 user manual. At the age of twelve, he sold his game Blastar to PC and Office Technology magazine for approximately $500.

Musk moved to California in 1995 to attend Stanford University but decided to pursue a business career instead, co-founding the web developer Zip2 with his brother Kimbal. The startup was acquired by Compaq for $307 million in 1999. In the same year, Musk co-founded the online bank X.com, which later merged with Confinity in 2000 to form PayPal. eBay acquired PayPal in 2002 for $1.5 billion.

Description of SpaceX

Musk has long believed that humanity must become a multi-planetary species for its survival. However, he was dissatisfied with the high costs of rocket launches. In 2002, he founded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) to make rockets more affordable.

His first two rockets were the Falcon 1 (2006) and the larger Falcon 9 (2010), which were significantly cheaper than competing rockets. The third rocket, Falcon Heavy (2018), was designed to carry 117,000 pounds into orbit. SpaceX has announced the successor to the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy: the Super Heavy-Starship. The Super Heavy's first stage will be capable of lifting 100,000 kg (220,000 pounds) to low Earth orbit, with the Starship serving as the payload, designed for rapid transportation between Earth cities and the construction of bases on the Moon and Mars.

By developing reusable rockets, SpaceX aims to achieve the long-term goal of turning humans into a multi-planetary species, creating a self-sustaining city on Mars.

Elon Musk's Influence on the Crypto Market

Elon Musk is known for his activity on social media, especially on Twitter. His tweets about cryptocurrencies often have a significant impact on the market. For example, in February 2021, Musk announced that Tesla had invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin, causing the price of Bitcoin to rise by 20%. However, shortly after that, he also tweeted expressing doubts about Bitcoin's future, causing its price to plummet.

Such fluctuations raise concerns among investors and cryptocurrency experts. They raise questions about how much cryptocurrencies should depend on the actions and words of a single individual, even if that individual is as influential as Elon Musk.

Elon Musk's influence on cryptocurrencies may be short-term, but it can also have a long-term impact on the industry. His public statements and actions can affect the overall perception of cryptocurrencies and their acceptability in the corporate world.

Tesla and Musk

Elon Musk. Biography and career - news

Since its founding in 2003, Tesla's mission has been to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy. Tesla's first product, the Roadster sports car, debuted in 2008, followed by the Model S sedan in 2012 and the Model X SUV in 2015. Tesla also produces three energy storage products:

  • The Powerwall for homes
  • The Powerpack for commercial use
  • The Megapack for utility-scale installations

In 2016, Tesla became the world's first sustainable energy company with the acquisition of SolarCity, a leading provider of solar energy systems in the United States. In 2017, it introduced the Solar Roof, a beautiful and affordable product for energy generation.

Tesla's decision to invest in Bitcoin was met with enthusiasm from the cryptocurrency community and elevated Bitcoin's status as an investment asset. However, it also sparked discussions about the environmental consequences of Bitcoin mining, as it consumes a significant amount of electricity. These discussions led Musk to announce that Tesla would no longer accept Bitcoin as payment for its vehicles.

This decision caused a drop in the price of Bitcoin and raised questions about which companies and organizations would follow Tesla's example and reconsider their stance on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from an environmental perspective.

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