3 minutes speech about Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla.
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Elon Musk, a budding visionary trapped between a vicious gang at school and an abusive father at home, immersed himself in software engineering, bringing home books and teaching himself to code.
At 12 years old, he acquired his first computer and blended his love for software and rockets into his very own video game: Blaster. Admittedly, his main intention was to make money so he could buy a better computer – so he could play better video games.
In 1984, he got what he wanted. His game earned a spread in the South African magazine PC and Office Technology, along with $500 and the reputation of being a few steps ahead of most 12-year-olds at the time.
Elon Musk spent months negotiating enough financing to push his companies through the fire. Soon enough, his projects were back on track. In 2009, his Tesla Roadster sold over 2,500 vehicles in 31 countries. The company also merged with SolarCity in 2016, Elon’s attempt to save the planet using solar power. His Falcon 1 rocket, a proud Star Wars reference, made history as the first privately funded rocket to put a satellite into Earth’s orbit.
From then on, Elon’s companies have continued to make history. His designs and extraordinary vision awarded constantly and attracting the admiration of millions worldwide. The once “unspectacular student” now compared to the likes of Nikola Tesla for his incredible ingenuity. Elon has even served as the inspiration for Iron Man, one of his favorite superheroes back in his comic-reading days.
Elon Musk, with his endearing, stuttering explanations and fading South African accent, persists on investing in the future, now with grandiose plans to colonize Mars. Aiming to transport the first crew to the red planet by 2024.
Not to mention his revolutionary train system, dubbed Hyperloop. To us, these feats sound may downright impossible. But if Elon’s past endeavors have shown us anything, it’s that giving up is never an option.