![]() We had a discussion about Tesla, SpaceX, the automotive and aerospace and solar power industries, and he told me what he thought confused people about each of these things. ![]() So no, that was not a phone call I had been expecting.Ī few days later, I found myself in pajama pants, pacing frantically around my apartment, on the phone with Elon Musk. His Tesla Motors and SolarCity companies are making a clean, renewable-energy future a reality…his SpaceX reopening space for exploration…it’s a paradox that Elon is working to improve our planet at the same time he’s building spacecraft to help us leave it. Remember in the 1990s, when we would call strangers and give them our credit-card numbers? Elon dreamed up a little thing called PayPal. Whatever skeptics have said can’t be done, Elon has gone out and made real. I’ll use this post to explore how he became a self-made billionaire and the real-life inspiration for Iron Man’s Tony Stark, but for the moment, I’ll let Richard Branson explain things briefly: 1 Last month, I got a surprising phone call.Įlon Musk, for those unfamiliar, is the world’s raddest man. PDF and ebook options: We made a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing (see a preview here), and an ebook containing the whole four-part Elon Musk series: This is Part 1 of a four-part series on Elon Musk’s companies.
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