John Michael Vincent E.

Clarito 11/29/2018

12-3 STEM Entrepreneurship

ELON MUSK

Elon Reeve Musk is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer.

He is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX, co-founder, CEO, and
product architect of Tesla Incorporation, co-founder and CEO of Neuralink,
and co-founder of X.com which is now known as PayPal. He was ranked 21st
on the list of The World's Most Powerful People. And as of October 2018, has
a net worth of $22.3 billion and listed as the 54th richest person in the world.

Founded in 2002, SpaceX is a private American aerospace manufacturer

and space transportation services company with a primary goal to colonize
Mars. The goal may come from the concern about human extinction in Earth
or for the unlimited resources in space but his main motivation is because he
finds it very interesting and inspiring for humanity to be a multi-planet
species and out there exploring the space.
He is very passionate to see humanity achieve such feat and even if it’s likely to fail, he still took the risk.
In August 3, 2008, SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket failed for the third time, it cost them millions of dollars and
SpaceX, along with his other company, Tesla Inc, was on the verge of bankruptcy. Musk didn’t give up
and still pursued everything and as of present, SpaceX has successfully launched a number of rockets,
which took Musk another step to his dream.

Tesla was founded in July 2003, it is an American automotive and Energy Company
specializes in electric car and solar panel manufacturing. Tesla is envisioned as
a technology company and independent automaker, aimed at eventually offering
electric cars at prices affordable to the average consumer. Just like in SpaceX, Elon
Musk’s goal for Tesla is not just for himself but for the betterment of the future. He
wants Tesla to become a transition to the use of electric cars.
But Tesla’s reputation is not remarkable, the company receive many criticisms and
bad reviews but these only help the development of the car. Musk is open to criticisms and reviews
he acknowledges the mistake, find the flaws in the design, make changes and improvements.

Elon Musk goals revolve around his vision to change the world
and humanity. He’s not building a future by simply making a new
app that will revolutionize the use of smartphone but something
that will revolutionize the whole civilization.

Elon Musk is a confident, passionate, industrious, patient, open

minded, and a huge risk-taker entrepreneur with clear and
extraordinary goals and in the future, people may look back and
see him as one of the most influential person in the world.