You are on page 1of 8

Business Leader’s presentation

ELON MUSK
About Elon Musk:

 Elon Reeve Musk born on June 28, 1971.


 An engineer, industrial designer, entrepreneur,
and philanthropist.
 Citizenship in three countries namely South Africa, where he was
born, Canada and United States of America, where he currently
resides.
 The founder, CEO of SpaceX, and also the co-founder, CEO and
the product architect of Tesla, Inc.
 Elected an FRS in 2018.
 Net worth is of $38.4 bn and is listed by Forbes as 23rd richest
person in the world.
 Fame of being a CEO for any automobile manufacturer for a very
longer tenure.
Tesla, Inc.
Tesla, Inc. was incorporated in July
2003. Mr Musk led the Series A
round of funding in Feb 2004 joining
the company’s board as it’s
chairman. Tesla first built an
electric sports car, the Tesla
Roadster and continued with Model
S, Model X. In addition to its own
cars, Tesla sold
electric powertrain systems
to Daimler for the Smart EV, and
two Mercedes Electric Drive
products and to Toyota RAV4 EV.
Tesla’s vision stated by
Musk
“Build sports car. Use that money to build an affordable
car. Use that money to build an even more affordable
car. While doing above, also provide zero-emission
electric power generation options”.
Elon’s Views and
opinions:
 Political: "half Democrat, half Republican"
 Artificial intelligence: "the most serious threat to the
survival of the human race“
 Public Transport: “It Sucks” “I prefer individualized
transport”.
 Destiny and religion: “I don’t think there is some kind
of master intelligence involved behind everything”.
Awards and Recognitions:
 Co-first on the Forbes list of the Most Innovative Leaders of 2019.
 Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018.
 In 2017,  Oslo Business for Peace Award.
 Ranked 21st on Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People in
December 2016.
 In 2015,  IEEE Honorary Membership award.
 On 16 March 2014, President's award for Exploration and
Technology.
 In 2013, Fortune Businessperson of the year for SpaceX,
SolarCity, and Tesla.
& many more......
THANK YOU.

You might also like