Elon Musk is quite an interesting character.
He was born in South Africa. Lived for a while in Canada. Became a U.S. Citizen. He is only 50 years old.
He is the CEO of Tesla Motors, the electric car company.
Musk is also CEO of SpaceX. Founder The Boring Company. Cofounder of Neuralink and OpenAI (Artificial Intelligence).
His net worth is more than $300 billion.
Musk said he started SpaceX company to get humanity to Mars. His company sent 4 civilians (not professional astronauts) into space.
As I said before, he is an interesting guy. He named one of his kids
"X AE A-XII"
I have no idea what is the meaning of this. He says X is the first name, AE A-XII is the middle name and Musk is the surname. (A few years ago an American professional basketball player changed his name to World B. Free. At that time I thought it was bizarre. Now I think it is ok after hearing Elon's kid's name.)
Elon Musk is a nightmare to work for. He is very ambitious and puts bizarre restrictions on his employees. For Example (some of them): No employee discount when purchasing Tesla car. No Acronyms or Workplace Jargon Allowed. No perfume or cologne allowed when they meet him. It goes on and on.
Tesla Motors has no advertising budget.
World Food Program published a notification that $6 billion would save the world from hunger. Musk challenged that statement and asked them to prove their statement. If they can prove, he said he will send $6 billion from his personal funds. World Food Program is yet to reply.
In this fight between Russia and Ukraine, Musk is a strong supporter of Ukraine. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent more than 5000 Starlink satellite internet terminals to Ukraine after a government official requested them.
Musk’s latest announcement!
He has challenged Putin to a one on one wrestling match. Stakes are Ukraine. A Kremlin official fired back and called Musk a “weakling” and “little devil.”
As usual a very interesting and thought provoking post SG..
ReplyDeleteThank you Dee.
DeleteQuite interesting to know about Musk. World poverty can be wiped off by one political family in our state. By the way Putin is a martial arts expert(5th dan in judo and karate). Awaiting your next interesting blog
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Gowri. Musk is also a martial arts expert.
DeleteI don't know why the US wants to link business with values. If they block business with Russia today, it sends an indirect message to other countries that the same can happen to anyone, any time.
ReplyDeleteNot a smart policy.
I had (have) a lot of respect for Steve Jobs. But not sure about Musk.
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Thanks for your comments Rajesh. Per Raghuram Rajan, sanctions are an attempt to maintain global order.
DeleteMr. K. Parthasarathi made the following comment:
ReplyDeleteAs usual an unpredictable post containing unknown facts and unusual personal traits of a celebrity. To challenge for a duel for the hand of a charming maiden is oft heard of but not a personal combat to secure the freedom of a country from war. Strange are the ways of men. Very interesting as always
Thanks for your comments Mr. KP.
DeleteElon Musk has out of this world capability and talent. Can't believe that he can do so much.
ReplyDeleteI feel he should have shown restraint with respect to Putin as his comments does not help anyone.
Thanks for your comments Kirtivasan.
DeleteThough Elon Musk keeps popping up in news for various reasons, I don't think many people know these interesting factoids about him. Good one :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Pradeep.
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