Elon Musk

South African American

entrepreneur and
inventor best known for
founding SpaceX, co-
founding Tesla Motors
and PayPal
About
• Born June 28. 1971 in Pretoria, SouthAfrica
• Resides in Bel Air, LosAngeles, California
• Taught himself programming at 10, sold his first
game “Blaster” at 12
• Studied at University of Pennsylvania, Schoolof
Arts and Sciences (B.A. Physics, B.S. Economics)
• Salary of $33,280 per year
• Net worth of $2.4billion
Awards and recognition
• One of Time Magazine’s 100 people who most
affected the world in 2010.
• Named as one of the 75 most influential
people of the 21st century by Esquire
magazine.
• R&D Magazine Innovator of the Year for 2007
for SpaceX, Tesla and SolarCity.
Awards and recognition
• Automotive Executive of the Year(worldwide)
in 2010 for demonstrating technology
leadership and innovation via TeslaMotors.
• In 2011, Musk was honored as a Legendary
Leader at the Churchill ClubAwards.
• In 2012, Musk was awarded with the Royal
Aeronautical’s Society’s highest award – a
Gold Medal.
• Musk co-founded X.com, an online financial
services and payment company, in March 1999.
One year later, in a 50/50 merger, X.com acquired
Confinity (auction payment system).
• In February 2001, X.com changed its legalname
to PayPalInc.
• PayPal’s growth was due in large part to a
successful viral growth campaign created by
Musk.
• In October 2002, PayPal was acquired by eBay for
$1.5 billion in stock.
• Musk is a co-founder and currently head of
product design at TeslaMotors.
• Musk is principally responsible for anoverarching
business strategy that aims to deliver affordable
electric vehicles to mass-marketconsumers.
• In addition to it’s own cars, the Tesla Roadster
and the Model S,Tesla sells electric powertrains
systems to Mercedes-Benz andToyota.
• Musk’s aim is to bring other carmakers to develop
electric powertrains in order to reduce the use of
fossil fuels and emissions.
• Musk founded his third company, SpaceX, in
June 2002. He is currently the CEOand CTOof
SpaceX.
• SpaceX develops and manufactures space
launch vehicles with a focus on advancing the
state of rocket technology.
• SpaceX was awarded a $1.6 billion NASA
contract on 23 December 2008, for 12 flights
of their Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft to the
International Space Station.
Elon Musk Mental Strategy: First
Principles Thinking
• A first principle is a basic
assumption that can’t be deduced
any further
• It is one of the most effective
strategies for breaking down
complex problems
THANK YOU

Presented By: JAVED HUSSAIN