Co-founder of PayPal, CEO & Chief Product Architect of Tesla Motors, and CEO & CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), Elon Musk is one of the most innovative figures in the world. He is also the inspiration for Tony Stark, Ironman. The 42-year-old entrepreneur and industrialist focuses on making the world a better place but at the same time looking for other alternative planets and places for humans to live. He looks at the flaws of humanity today: our reliance on non-renewable resources and a plan B if Earth suddenly becomes inhabitable (meteorite strike, etc.). Musk says that he can’t bear a future no better than the past.
Tesla Motors first started to gain popularity with Model S. This model was for an electric car that consisted of soaring profits. Now, there are plans for even more such as an SUV variant, a compact car, and possibly a pickup truck.
SpaceX is the first private company to send and return a spacecraft into low Earth orbit and in 2012, it was the first private company to supply the International Space Station with cargo. He also started to talk about an eventual mission to Mars that has the objective of colonization.
Currently, Musk has proposed even more models for new inventions. Firstly, the Hyperloop is going to be a transportation system that contains capsules that ride on cushions of air that can transport humans their cargo between San Francisco and Los Angeles in 30 minutes. Or let’s look at his desire for an electric plane that could travel at supersonic speeds and can vertically take off and land. We can also look at his new software that can design a rocket with 3D images and motion controls.
With all his inventions and accomplishments, Elon Musk is truly the greatest innovator of our time.