Tech Entrepreneur Profile

Elon R. Musk is one of the most successful entrepreneurs there is in technology industry he made his reach throw hard work and fallowing his dream. is multi serial business owner who have done business where most never have thought to look to be successful. Just like any Bill Gate he too self-thought himself computer programing. At the age of 12, he was well known programmer who sold his code to company name Blaster this experience later on in his life became very important. As a child Elon had very strong interest in technology and business. At age 17, his family moved from South Africa to Canada he sought after opportunity open up to him to go to America to try his dream of becoming entrepreneur. So, later he migrated to America to complete his education bachelor in economics and second degree in physics as well went for his PhD but did not finish left to pursue his dream in the area of the internet, renewable energy, and outer space. Compare to Steve jobs’ he is controlling person he tries to control anything everything around him to make sure he gets everything perfect. Many believe he is little crazy in the head for wanting to do the thing what no on ever have done but as his wife explains that And that is the key to Elon Musk. He has the will. "Elon is not afraid of breaking things — he will break himself if he has to," says Justine Musk, his first wife and the mother of his five children.
Elon was not a scientist by nature because what he learned in the school it had nothing to do with what he did with life. One can argue that he was programmer that makes him scientist but controversy to that is he never had professional help where he work for some company or lab and wasted any of his time in research. His passion for technology was the guide. He is business man and is technical savvy who has sought to make himself part of the promising industry of the technology and make his fortune. Self-thought in the technology field gave him advantage over many other entrepreneur because he know what he wanted could see the future what he need to do to achieve it or was missing this world. Elon was more of adventures who wanted to explore the world and make everyone life little better. Elon entrepreneur skill selling his code to Computer Company was the base for the coming of the future company many of them which we still see it to this day those company include Zip2, x.com and PayPal, SpaceX, and Tesla Motors.
Elon career started in early 1990 with he started his fist company Zip2 with his brother which was city Search more of city guide website in 1999 he sold his company to Compaq for $307 million in cash and $34 million in stock option. So much money in his hand even his grandchild doesn’t have to work but he didn’t stop there. His peers describe him as workaholic and have said to have work for more than 100 hours per week. After he dot money form the Compaq he turned around and looked at another industry which he thought he could do better than other establishment were doing such as bank which at that time takes forever to do one simple transaction of sending and receiving money. This time he invented X.com this was all about how people could receive payment with email as well send instant then later on merged with PayPal where then he sold this company to eBay for $1.5 billion in stock and $165 million in cash. Elon always had fantasy about space wanting to go to moon and beyond so with the money to back up his dream in in early 2002 he founded SpaceX with Tom Mueller who was a rocket engineer this was first time where he wasn’t inventor rather a business man who was investor into idea. As the first ever private company ever to lunch rocket into space they were awarded $1.6billion contract with NASA and more as year went by and as SpaceX capability advanced to now where SpaceX can now take private man to moon. Because he had experience running two other companies he acted CEO and CTO in the SpaceX to insure his investment. Elon is very famous for saying one day we will set up our colonies to Mars who know one day we might and his company might the the one who will take us there.
Elson has reputation for wanting to do thing that he always dreamed off and setting up example to another industry where he have no clue is his type of business where most think it’s impossible turning the impossible attitude to possible. As everyone knows Tesla Motors were the first to come up with the all-electric car as well. Many in the industry thought this was impossible the GM itself said so but Elon and his partner did what no one ever dare do they show the world that it was possible to have Sport electric car. As of now Tesla motor totals more than $25 billion and it growing more double because tesla has come up with car where middle class consumer can afford. He also holds Chairman Pistons in SolarCity which owned by his cousins. He is the largest shareholder of this company and every now and then he also provides advice. As for retirement he don’t have any plan because he is too busy running all his company last year propose to the San Francisco bay area Hyper loop which would travel almost distance to DC to new your with 30 minute all this time can’t even commercial air plane provide. His plan includes those hyper loop will only use solar powers which will we good source of renewable of energy and it will cheap for transportation. If his vision are successful building Hyperloop it will change our life and future as we know it.

http://www.esquire.com/features/americans-2012/elon-musk-interview-1212
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk