Maybe you are one of those who at this point does not know who Elon Musk is. If I tell you that he was born in South Africa almost 45 years ago, during the Apartheid era, it probably won't be a definitive clue either. What is more than likely is that you have heard of some of the projects he is working on right now.
Does the Tesla electric vehicle sound familiar to you? Or tourist trips to space? Yes? Well, that is what Elon Musk is currently dedicating much of his efforts to. Both ideas are just part of something that has always concerned him: improving the sustainability of the planet we live on.
Elon Musk was already thinking about it when at 17 he decided to become independent and went first to Canada and then to the United States.
Unidos, where he studied Business Administration and Physics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Musk believes that one of the ways to achieve that sustainability is by designing better transportation systems that use clean fuels. It is one of the reasons why he created Tesla Motors, for the development of electric cars.
Space X is his other great adventure, in this case, space. He has been involved in it for 15 years and the first results are already beginning to be seen to be able to plan commercial trips to space in the medium term.
This South African based in Los Angeles has always been a very restless person and with many ideas around him.
head. In fact, she recently estimated that she spends about 100 hours a week on her job, and says it's not enough.
In his college years, Elon Musk has already started some successful projects, such as Zip2, dedicated to the development and maintenance of websites for the media. Compaq liked it and bought it for $ 330 million. With that money, he created an online payment platform, X.com, which was bought by those who later created PayPal.
Along with Tesla Motors and Space X, Elon Musk is currently working on the Hyperloop project, a high-speed, low-cost means of transport that uses renewable energy; and President Solar City, a US non-profit provider of solar energy systems.
Without a doubt, he is called to be one of the most important figures of our time. Not surprisingly, Larry Page, CEO and founder of Google said of him: "Elon Musk has a privileged mind. He is going to change the future of Humanity. I would donate my entire fortune to him."