This Wildcatter’s vision to change the world and humanity drives his business decisions and investments.
- Business ventures include SpaceX, Tesla Motors, Paypal, and SolarCity, making him the 83rd wealthiest person in the world with a net worth valued at $11.5 billion
- The Musk Foundation is dedicated to space exploration and clean energy, providing solar power to areas affected by disaster.
- Taught himself computer programming at the age of 12 to create a video game.
- Dropped out of graduate school at Princeton to take advantage of the internet boom .
- Musk dreams of “space tourism” and has already been responsible for reducing the cost of reaching the International Space Station by 90%, bringing it down from $1 billion per mission to a cool $60 million.
- Signed the Giving Pledge, which promises to donate the majority of personal wealth to philanthropic pursuits, joining the likes of Richard Branson, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet.
“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
“Going from PayPal, I thought: ‘Well, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of humanity?’ Not from the perspective, ‘What’s the best way to make money?’”
-Elon Musk