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    Elon Musk (Review and Analysis of Vance's Book)
    Elon Musk (Review and Analysis of Vance's Book)
    Elon Musk (Review and Analysis of Vance's Book)
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    Elon Musk (Review and Analysis of Vance's Book)

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    The must-read summary of Ashlee Vance's book: "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future".

    This complete summary of the ideas from Ashlee Vance's book "Elon Musk" tells the story of Elon Musk's incredible yet rocky rise to fortune. While in 2015 he was worth $10 billion, he has not always been so successful and had to face near bankruptcy, failed projects and even a bout of malaria. This summary explains his journey from a college student with big dreams to a billionaire businessman and how he got to the top. An inspiring read for those just starting out in business and for those already at the top of the ladder.

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    To learn more, read "Elon Musk" and discover the inspiring story of this billionaire businessman.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBusiness Book Summaries
    Release dateJul 20, 2016
    ISBN9782511040959
    Elon Musk (Review and Analysis of Vance's Book)

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      Elon Musk (Review and Analysis of Vance's Book) - BusinessNews Publishing

      Book Presentation: Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance

      Summary of Elon Musk (Ashlee Vance)

      About the Author

      ASHLEE VANCE is a technology writer. He spent several years writing about Silicon Valley and technology for the New York Times, The Register and The Economist. He then went to Bloomberg Businessweek where he has written dozens of cover stories and features. Like Elon Musk, Ashlee Vance was born in South Africa but grew up in the United States and graduated from Pomona College.

      The author's website is at www.AshleeVance.com.

      Important Note About This Ebook

      This is a summary and not a critique or a review of the book. It does not offer judgment or opinion on the content of the book. This summary may not be organized chapter-wise but is an overview of the main ideas, view points and arguments from the book as a whole. This means that the organization of this summary is not a representation of the book.

      1. The early days

      Elon Reeve Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 28, 1971. His father Errol was an engineer and serial entrepreneur and as a child, Elon would sometimes accompany his father to Zambia where Errol owned part of an emerald mine. Elon's mother, Maye, was a dietician and well-known fashion model. Elon's family expanded with the birth of his brother Kimbal and soon thereafter his sister Tosca.

      Blessed with a photographic memory and a prodigious appetite for reading, Elon did well at high school although the other students didn't take well to his academic prowess. Unfortunately, his parents divorced during his teenage years and at age seventeen Musk left South Africa for Canada. His mother Maye was a Canadian citizen and Elon was able to get a Canadian passport thanks to that. He arrived in Montreal unannounced and spent about a year traveling around Canada, working odd jobs and looking up distant family members.

      Eventually, Elon ended up enrolling at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He chose Queen's because Elon considered it had more good-looking women than other universities. By the time his brother and sister joined him in Canada, Elon and Kimbal would get into the habit of cold-calling interesting people and asking if they would be available to meet at lunch. They got to meet all kinds of influential people that way including the head of marketing for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team, a business writer for the Globe and a top executive at the Bank of

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