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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
I really enjoyed reading Musk's biography. Not an easy man to work for but has accomplished so much.
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The book/Bio of Musk is extremely interesting. An immigrant from his birth country, South Africa. A truly self-made man. A true genius. A true risk-taker and peaceful American citizen... Started so many successful companies with one thing in common, improve the world. Each of these companies were spawned in the USA, pay taxes, and employs many thousands of Americans. He deeply cares about our country and is now risking his life (death threats abound) to take part in making the USA financially sound.
SpaceX
To reduce the cost of space exploration, Musk created SpaceX in 2002. SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced aircraft.
SpaceX is the only private company to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit and take humans to and from the International Space Station. The company believes in the power of a reusable rocket. The company, valued at over $100 billion, is one of the most valuable private companies in the world.
X, Previously Known as Twitter
Musk’s goals for the social media site include promoting free speech.
xAI
On July 12, 2023, Musk announced via Twitter the launch of a new artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI. With a goal to "understand the true nature of the universe,” some of the team’s members include previous employees of Google Research, DeepMind, and Microsoft Research.
The Boring Company
Musk founded American construction company The Boring Company in 2016. Its projects are primarily designed for intra-city transit systems to solve traffic challenges and enable point-to-point transportation.
Neuralink Corporation
Musk is also the owner and co-founder of Neuralink Corporation, a neurotechnology company developing implantable brain-machine interfaces. The company’s main goal is to create brain implants that can communicate with phones and computers as well as help people with paralysis regain independence.
“Our devices are designed to give people the ability to communicate more easily via text or speech synthesis, to follow their curiosity on the web, or to express their creativity through photography, art, or writing apps,” Neuralink’s website states.
Zip2
Although Zip2 is no longer in business, it was the first enterprise Musk founded back in 1995. The company provided a searchable business directory — basically an “internet version of the yellow pages” with maps included.
The company’s mission, according to Musk, was “that everyone ought to be able to find the closest pizza parlour and to be able to figure out how to get there.”
OpenAI
Musk founded OpenAI, a nonprofit research and development company, in 2015.
The company is a DeepMind competitor with the goal of ensuring that “artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.”
Tesla
The company Musk is probably most well known for is Tesla. An American electric vehicle and clean energy company, Tesla has made headlines since its founding in 2003 thanks to its advancements in the automotive industry and its clean energy efforts.
Tesla hopes to accelerate the transition to sustainable energy by producing energy storage systems such as solar panels and solar roof tiles, as well as batteries for electric vehicles. While the company has a number of accolades under its belt, it notably designed the first premium all-electric sedan.
SolarCity
The company, which was founded in 2004 by two of Musk’s cousins, was acquired by Tesla in 2016 for $2.6 billion.