On June 28, 1971, Elon Musk was born, Elon Musk was born in South Africa and his parents are Canadian American. At a very young age he began to read and build small backyards gadgets. He went to school at Stanford, Queen, and Pennsylvania were he learned about business and technology. Elon Musk currently is the , CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; and chairman of SolarCity. Elons Musk’s net worth is about $20.8 billion and he uses about ¾ of his money back to his companies. Elon Musk is on a trend right now and will continue to trend because of his massive amount of success and the chances he has to innovate and invent new ideas. Elon Musk from a very young age liked to read and did very …show more content…
Paypal was bought by Ebay for $1.5 Billion. Later in his life, Elon Musk has started many companies and sell them for millions and so billions of dollars. Currently he has high ownership of Tesla, SpaceX, and Solarcity. Each of these companies are worth about $1 billion. Elon Musk has been compared to Iron-man, but without the beating villains with spider-man. “The director Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. were developing the character, when RDJ suggested that they meet Elon Musk, as he was the closest to what came to the comic book millionaire-inventor” (Biography). Elon Musk is one of the smartest businessman/entrepreneur alive today. Elon Musk’s popularity has been an up and down movement for his whole life. When Ebay first bought Paypal; Elon was getting a lot of national attention for starting a huge company at such a young age. As years go on he started new companies and rose to near complete ownership with Tesla, SpaceX, and a few others. In 2015, Tesla started producing the Model S, which sold about 200,000 cars at the end of 2016. The Model X, sold about 300,000 within the same time period. These two cars gave popularity to Elon Musk again with the increase of his businesses. The Tesla …show more content…
Musk’s ideas for space travel could go very wrong. If one bad launch or failure in space occurred then Musk’s reputation could be destroyed. His popularity could still be there but not in the attended way. Everyone could turn their backs to his and never listen to any of his plans again. A failed space mission is terrible for anyone because money could be wasted. Even worst, humans could get injured or even die in many space incidents. Musk’s career could be destroyed in seconds with failure, or maybe his plans wouldn't even work. His plans for space travel could cost so much money that no progress would occur and his popularity would slowly decrease because of
Hawkins, A. J. (2017, September 29). Elon Musk’s idea for commercial rocket travel on Earth would be a logistical nightmare. Retrieved from The Verge Web site: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/29/16385026/elon-musk-spacex-rocket-transportation-point-to-point
In the Model S, Tesla Motors integrated the battery pack into the ground of the vehicle, not like within the Roadster,that had the battery pack behind the seats. as a result of the battery is integrated into the ground of the Model S, no interior area is lost for batteries, not like in alternative electrical vehicles, which regularly lose trunk area or interior are a to batteries. The situation of the battery pack and therefore the lower ride of the Model S will place the battery at the next risk of being broken by road junk or a sway. To safeguard the battery pack, the Model S incorporates a quarter in. aluminum-alloy plate armour. The battery pack's location permits for fast battery swapping. battery swap will take as very little as ninety seconds within the Model S. There are presently no public Tesla battery swap locations.
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was an eccentric man that was many lifetimes ahead of his generation. He was a man that dreamed of giving the world an unlimited supply of wireless energy. His genius imagination allowed him to think outside the box and solve issues that others had thought were unsolvable. Nikola Tesla proposed his vision for a system powered by an alternating current generator to Thomas Edison and was shot down because Thomas Edison’s power structure had already been established using a direct current system. The two butt heads however Nikola Tesla was relentless. After being used and rejected by Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla picked himself and went toe to toe with the most prolific inventor. The stage for David vs Goliath was set. Through Nikola Tesla’s borderline obsession to solve the design for an alternating current motor and sacrificing his own opportunity to become a wealthy man, we now live in a very efficient world where everyone reaps the rewards of his genius, few know his name, and even fewer know what he did.
As James Levine is famous for saying, “I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.” To me, one of the greatest mentors of innovative scientific history was Nikola Tesla. That being said, if given the opportunity to spend the next year of my life in a different time period I would like to live during the year 1942 so I could work beside Tesla. This was the year before Tesla died, a time when he had experienced the full scope of his expertise and could impart that wisdom to me. My questions about his popularity would be answered in full. Questions about Tesla’s integrity could lead to the answer to the legendary disputes about what was rightfully his. Legends about genius inventions that could only be imagined
In 2014 Facebook offered Evan Spiegel a $3 billion deal to sell Snapchat to Facebook, however Spiegel declined the offer. He said, "There are very few people in the world who get to build a business like this. I think trading it for some short-term gain isn't very interesting" (Editors Online). Although Spiegel declined this offer, he still has a net worth of $2.1 billion, which makes him the youngest billionaire in the world.
All my money has been invested into experiments with which I have made new discoveries enabling mankind to have a little easier life,” Tesla (1927). This philosophy of Tesla hold true on both accounts, Tesla did make life easier for mankind and he did invest all his money attempting to accomplish that task. “Despite his accomplishments, however, Tesla died penniless and without the accolades that would he would ultimately earn over a century later,” according to Whipps (2014). Aside from the above quote which reminds us of how determined Tesla was, we have various technologies that current culture utilizes on an everyday basis which solidifies his importance on society. For example, Tesla is responsible solely for or developing the technology or methods which enable, alternating current, light, x-rays, radios, remote controls, electric motors, robotics, lasers, wireless communications and potential limitless free energy. An argument could be made that Tesla has had such a profound influence on our society that the inevitable switch to battery operated, fully automatized motor vehicles is led by a company which utilizes the brand name of
Elon musk is considered visionary entrepreneur, because he is a risk taker and a billionaire entrepreneur. He is CEO of many companies and inspires people to follow their dreams and to maybe be as successful as him. His journey and all his success speaks for itself. His vision for Tesla Motor’s is to produce high efficiency low cost vehicles to reduce gas emission lowering pollution and to move toward a safer renewable world. His main goal is to transition into more sustainable energy and to be less reliant on fossil fuels. Elon is most notorious for his CEO position in Tesla Motors, but he is involved with much more than Tesla. He is involved with SpaceX, The Boring Company, and SolarCity. He is leveraging all aspects of innovation through so many different companies and organizations. Including vehicle production, rocket production, and Hyperloop production. Elon and his team introduce many innovative features to all these different aspects across all levels.
Although a loss in the family severely hurt Tesla and his family, he still succeeded in life. He invented many things that we still use today and has even brought us together as a people. Tesla will forever remain a famous inventor to the world, and his success will live on with his name. His understanding of electricity and how things work will forever remain a part of humanity today.
Becoming the richest man in the world, Bill Gates is one of the most influential men. Not only is Bill Gates one of the most influential figures in the world, but he is also one of the most influential figures in the business world. Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. Gates was born into already well established family. “His father, William Henry Gates Jr., was a successful lawyer, and his mother, Mary Maxwell, was chairwoman of United Way International.”(Stevenson).
Tesla Motors Inc. (Tesla) is a company based out of Silicon Valley that designs, assembles and markets battery electric vehicles (BEVs), in addition they produce lithium-ion battery packs, and electric vehicle powertrain components. Founded in 2003, Tesla was the first new American automobile manufacturer to appear in years. It was the first automaker to manufacture and sell proficient BEVs in production. The company’s tactic is not really that of the “Detroit” approach more of a one of a kind “Silicon Valley” style, self-reflected of a method that is remarkably hi-tech and innovative, tremendously assertive and very efficient. They have grown from one retail store to 18 stores worldwide, a 350,000 square-foot production facility and global sales in at least 30 countries. Tesla successfully debuted its opening public offering, raising over $226 million on the 29 of June 2010. Tesla was founded by Martin Eberhard (CEO), and Marc Tarpeninning (CFO), and was named after Nikola Tesla, to begin the development of an original electric sports car. Elon Musk creator of PayPal funding the company $30 million in 2004 to kick it off, and was named chairman of the board. In 2007 Eberhard resigned as the CEO of the company and president of technology and joined the advisory board. Proceeding in 2008, he left the company completely, and remained as trophy shareholder. Tarpenning who was CFO, VP of electrical engineering, and development of electric and software systems for the Roadster; resigned from his positions in 2008. Musk then took over as CEO in 2008. In 2008 Tesla released its first car, the Roadster; which could travel 245 miles on a single charge and travel 0-60 mph in less than 4 seconds, ...
Exploring the deep, dark realms of outer space, developing new energy efficient cars, and coding computers to make life easier are all areas of science that Elon Musk has effected. In his youth, his thirst for knowledge could not be quenched. He read every book and never ran out of questions to ask about the way machines worked. College life helped Elon Musk learn the skills he would need for the outside world. As a professional entrepreneur and the CEO of three companies, Elon Musk has effected almost every area of science.
Nikola Tesla was born July 10, 1856, in Smiljan, Croatia. He began his love for inventing at an early age, inspired by his mother, who invented different appliances for her family to use. Though his father was a priest and wanted him to become one too, he continued to chase the interests, and he went to school in Austria at the Polytechnic Institute at Graz, where he graduated at the top of his class. He was brilliant from the start, finding problems with DC motors and finding ways to fix them, obsessing over his improvements for a little over half a
"Before Silicon Graphics, Clark said a fortune of $10 million would make him happy; before Netscape, $100 million; before Healtheon, a billion; now, he told Lewis, 'Once I have more money than Larry Ellison, I'll be satisfied.' Ellison, the founder of the software company Oracle, is worth $13 billion."
The intention for launching the company was Musk’s lifelong passion, reaching space. After unsuccessfully trying to buy a rocket in Russia, he decided to establish his own company: SpaceX. He put 100 million dollars of his fortune to start the company. One of the key elements of success for SpaceX is their centralized engineering. All parts of the rockets are built in the company´s headquarters, instead of producing parts in different locations.
In fact, during the year ended December 31, 2012, Tesla recognized total revenues of $413.3 million, an increase of 102% over total revenues of $204.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. Automotive sales revenue of $385.7 million increased 160% from the year ended December 31, 2011, driven mainly by commencement of Model S deliveries in North America. (Tesla Annual Repor, Exhibit) As a matter of fact, new products had been proved to have a direct relationship with increases in net sales. In addition, by 2014, with the innovative dual motor all-wheel drive system, Model X being introduced, and the intent to develop the third generation electric vehicle which will be produced at higher volume at a lower price. We expect a minimum 25% increase in net sales from new products alone by 2015.