Elon Musk is one of the most popular entrepreneurs and inventors today. He is the founder of such companies like PayPal, Tesla Motors, and SpaceX. Most recently, he started The Boring Company, whose first product was a commercially available flamethrower, called Not a Flamethrower! For 11 more crazy facts about this modern genius, read the rest of the article!
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1. He is the definition of lucky
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During Christmas Eve back in 2008, his two big companies SpaceX and Tesla were literally only hours away from bankruptcy. However, at the last moment, Elon Musk was able to secure a sum of $20M from investors and save his companies in the final hours. Only two days later, SpaceX closed a huge contract with NASA, worth approximately $1.6B.
2. Success is the greatest revenge
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When he was a child, his peers and students constantly bullied him in school. One time, they beat him up so hard that he had to be hospitalized for some of his injuries. Today however, Musk is one of the richest and most influential people in the world. Those bullies now probably wish they had been better friends to him.
3. Summoning the Demons
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When he was at one point asked to comment on the development of Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk shared his belief it is the greatest threat ever, to the existence of humans. He said of AI that it is “like summoning a demon”. He is believed to still hold this spooky opinion today.
4. Thank you for smoking!
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There is a satirical comedy that stars Aaron Eckhart in 2005, called “Thank you for smoking!” It was a rather controversial piece, but nevertheless, it got great reviews. How is this connected to our topic you ask? Well, Elon Musk was the Executive Producer for this comedy film.
5. Spending Big Bucks
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When it comes to earnings, Elon Musk made more than 180 million US Dollars from his Paypal business, a company of which he is a co-founder. However, back in the harder days, he had to borrow some money to pay for his rent, after he managed to spend all $180 million he amassed.
6. He is a Big Brother
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Elon Musk has a younger brother, Kimbal Musk, who is a board member at Tesla Motors and SpaceX. However, he is also a board member for the mega popular fast food restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill.
7. Iron Man
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If someone were to become the real life Iron Man, it would have to be Elon Musk. In the “Iron Man” movie franchise by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, actor Robert Downey Junior modeled his take on Tony Stark after Elon Musk. They are both techies, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. In addition, Elon Musk had a cameo appearance as himself in a party scene of the second installment of the movie.
8. Black Power
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In a way, Elon Musk can be considered an African-American, but not in the sense of race. The genius is originally from South Africa, but lives and works in the USA. Therefore, as you can see, this makes him an African-American, even though he is white.
9. Twitter Master
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Musk is famous for his use of the Twitter social media platform. Allegedly, his company Tesla Motors made around 3 billion dollars in stock value, only because of a single tweet of his.
10. Ka-Ching!
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If you are interested in some unreal numbers, for around the first 6 months of the year 2013, Musk earned about $500,000 per hour. For a regular daily 8-hour shift, that is 4 million US dollars.
11. Not all that glitters is made of gold
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When it comes to his visit to North America, Elon Musk showed up unannounced at a relative’s house in Canada. He worked odd jobs in order to afford college, like cleaning boilers while wearing a hazmat suit.
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