June 4, 2015
“I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.”
Elon Musk (1971- )
Born in South Africa, Musk sold his first video game at the age of twelve, immigrated to Canada as a teenager, and became a US citizen in 2002. He began his entrepreneurial career selling his city guide company Zip2 to Compaq, and then founding and ultimately selling the company that would become PayPal to Ebay for $1.5 billion. He founded SpaceX which has developed rockets with record weight-to-thrust ratios and has the NASA contract to supply the International Space Station. He was a co-founder of electric car maker Tesla and currently serves as CEO and Chief Product Architect, for which he famously receives a $1 salary. The company has sold more than 70,000 vehicles to date. He is also the chairman of SolarCity, currently building the largest manufacturing facility for solar panels in the US.
Good Morning Gloucester 