Newmag Presents the Biography of Elon Musk - the Founder of SpaceX, Tesla and SolarCity Companies

Elon Musk, who regularly appears on Forbes lists, confessed in one of his interviews that he did not really expect to make money. It was enough for him to pay for a car rental and food. Eventually, it turned out that his initiatives and innovations were quite valuable. “I think it is necessary to start from the lowest point and to enter the market at the peak of success, not the other way around. Starting and growing a business depends more on innovation, drive, and the commitment of the people who create the product.”

If you are a millionaire, your quality of life is different. If someone claims the opposite, then they are lying. Desire, work ethic and new technologies can change our lives. Musk has proved this formula for years with his own work. “Maybe I read a lot of comics as a kid. In comics, it always seems that they are trying to save the world. We should try to make the world a better place, because the opposite does not make sense.” 

In 2019, Forbes named Elon Musk the N1 Innovative Leader of the World. He shared this title with Bezos, the founder of Amazon. Musk's name also appeared in the Forbes list of the most powerful people in the world. For decades, his life philosophy has been definite and permanent: to make major changes in the world. It is no coincidence that the companies he created are aimed at creating renewable energy, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and interplanetary civilization.

Elon Musk's worldview, enthusiasm and charisma captivated journalist Ashlee Vance, who, after years of negotiation, persuaded the inventor to write a book about him. At their first meeting, instead of an elegant suit and confident attitude Musk appeared as an ordinary person with insecurities. However, Vance helped him to gain confidence and got permission to interview Musk’s family and friends. 

Elon Musk's biography is a new look at the life of one of the most interesting, unpredictable, ambitious entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. The book presents the difficult stage of the revival of American invention. Elon Musk, a business innovator who founded SpaceX, Tesla and SolarCity, presents his unique vision for the future. Ashlee Vance describes Musk’s life from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits.

Vance uses Musk's story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: can the nation of inventors and creators who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition? He argues that Musk is an amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs. More than any other entrepreneur today, Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inventing a future that is as rich and far-reaching as the visionaries of the golden age of science-fiction fantasy. 

In the book, Vance brilliantly illustrates how Musk is both the CEO and employee of his own companies. The right questions and adequate answers prove once more that his vision can change our world. The TV presentation of the book will be held on May 14, in the scope of the “Good Morning” program of Armenia TV.