We are all aware of the rapid dynamic growth of technology which is growing at a very fast pace. Everything you can think of is now possible in the field of technology. Various inventions have given us new ways to look at the technological development as well as the world. What was once considered extinct, impractical, unworkable and unimaginable are seeing the face of its birth.
Billionaire genius, successful entrepreneur and star investor all could possibly apply to one demigod, Elon Musk from South Africa. Any collaborative marvel and technical savorer would know the reference of Elon Musk as the real life Tony Stark.
Elon musk is the new age techno-whizz who intends to create a whole new perspective for innovation. If you are wondering about the revolution he has created in technology that characterized him as the savior of mankind from dark ages, then it is no less to what he has achieved.
I operate on the physics approach to analysis. You boil things down to the first principles or fundamental truths in a particular area and then you reason up from there- Elon Musk.
Here are the reasons why he has been the catalyst for major metamorphosis across the industry:
Though it was not an official corporate level invention, Elon taught himselfcomputer programming at the age of 10 and by the age of 12 he developed Blaster, a video game and sold it to a magazine called PC and office technology for $500.
Alongside his brother Kimbal, Elon created this web based software firm Zip2 for promoting internet city guide for newspaper publishing company. They also managed to earn two notable clients- The New York Times and Chicago Tribune. After its fair share of complications among the board of directors, Zip2 was acquired by Compaq for $307 million. Elon’s individual split was about $22 million.
Musk was the co-founder of X.Com in 1999 which was internet based financial services. In 2000 they merged with Confinity for their services of wiring money called PayPal. Merging resulted in completely modifying the firm’s name into PayPal. Niche and vigorous marketing helped the successful venture of PayPal. Elon’s idea of technically revising PayPal resulted in him being removed as CEO, yet maintained the position in the board. After eBay acquired PayPal for $1.5 billion, Elon’s share remained as $165 million.
Subsequently after having his restless interest in aerospace, for a complete year he dived into turning the Martian dream come true. Through his theoretical and practical indulgence into the space industry, he managed to become the founder of Space Exploration technology or Space X in 2002.
While it was just a high-end vision for large corporates, Elon made it his mission to send Space Cargo to International Space Station in 2006 and succeeded. For Space X became the first ever private firm to do cargo business into space.
Elon’s marketing of space venture was vitally based on human based spaceflight with ten times reduced cost. His vision in 2011 was to send humans to Mars within 10-20 years. 2017 witnessed the most advanced innovation of Big Falcon Rocket which was fully reusable launch vehicle for complete Space X launch service provider.
Tesla motors faced Series A funding led by Elon Musk in 2004, which led him to join Tesla as chairman in the board of directors. After the internal issues one of Tesla’s co-founder was removed from the firm and Elon took up the leadership as CEO and product architect of Tesla Inc. Tesla Roadster in 2008, Model S sedan in 2012, Model X SUV in 2015 were all factory in-built electric cars.
Elon bought in Daimler and Toyota as long-term investors for Tesla. In 2014, he even mentioned to allow Tesla’s electric car patent to be used by any automobile firm for good will of same cause.
Elon Musk never restricted his boundaries into progressing for quest of knowledge. As all the following became part and parcel of his migration to peak of victory.
SolarCity- Solar power systems
Gigafactory- for producing in house lithium ion production
OpenAI- non-profit organization
Neuralink- integrating human brain with AI
The Boring Company- Tunneling based transportation
pravduh.com- user friendly website to comment on journalist and publications
Starting from his early inventions till space X and Tesla, Elon never feared to use cannibalization concept. It led his developments to overtake his own creations for the best every single time.
As he hiked up in his career, Elon potentially became a significant dignitary with undeniable amount of controversies too. Apart from the rift with co-founders and board members, Elon experienced a tough childhood of being bullied for his weirdness. So if you are a kid with exceptionally trivial and unique views, do not hesitate to put it into action. Because god knows who might be the next Elon Musk !