Elon Musk
1971- · South African-American · Digital Age
Known for: CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, owner of X, aspiring Mars colonizer
Built Tesla into most valuable automaker, SpaceX into NASA's launcher, co-founded PayPal, bought Twitter/X. Works 80-120 hrs/week. 12+ children by multiple women.
Most polarizing business figure of the century. Visionary genius or reckless narcissist depends on who you ask.
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