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From the idea of "aggregating all of your financial services seamlessly" to multiplanetary existence for the human species, Elon Musk is driven by ideas that propose to fundamentally change the way we live. Building on the financial success of his Internet ventures, the entrepreneur-inventor has gone on to take risk, reward and unconventional thinking to new levels entirely.
A serial entrepreneur who bought his first computer at the age of 10 and sold his first commercial software at the age of 12, Elon Musk decided to get into “three important areas” after obtaining an undergraduate degree in economics: the Internet, space, and clean energy. As a cofounder of X.com (later PayPal), SpaceX and Tesla Motors, he has created organizations focused on commercializing innovations in all three.
The Complete Interview from
Elon Musk
How does one person balance diverse interests and manage successful endeavors in space technology, sustainable energy and the Internet? From his early days teaching himself to program computers, learn how Elon Musk has worked to improve the quality of life for everyone through technology.
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Ordinary People Change The World
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Henry Ford
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Hiring The Right People
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Encouraging Innovation
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Is America Good For Innovation
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Risk Failure
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Solar Power
with Elon Musk
Length: 1:32
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Steve Wozniak
Co-Founder, Apple Computer
Wozniak's inventions and machines are credited with contributing greatly to the personal computer revolution of the 1970s.
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Carroll Shelby
Automotive Designer
In 1962, Shelby designed the Cobra sports car and went on to become one of the premier high-performance automobile designers.
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Henry Ford
Founder, Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford's innovations, such as the Model T and the development of the modern assembly line, revolutionized the way the world travels.
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Thomas Edison
Inventor, Leader
Thomas Edison is one of the most prolific inventors who ever lived. His breakthroughs have had a profound effect on virtually every aspect of daily life.
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Wilbur and Orville Wright
Problem Solvers
When it came to the problem of flight, Wilbur and Orville Wrights' systematic approach led to insights that simply eluded their contemporaries.
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Stan Ovshinsky
Visionary of Solar-Hydrogen-Based Economy
Ovshinsky, together with his late wife, Iris, developed an array of energy and information-related inventions that have advanced technologies and industries.
