Elon Musk

In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, this book offers an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most ambitious entrepreneurs—a real-life Tony Stark. It highlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who famously sold PayPal for $1.5 billion. The author captures the full arc of Musk’s life, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa to his dramatic innovations and entrepreneurial ventures in the U.S. The narrative explores a pressing question of our time: can America, the nation of inventors, still compete in an era of fierce global competition? The author argues that Musk is a unique figure in American business history, embodying a blend of legendary inventors and industrialists like Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs. Musk has committed his energies and vast fortune to creating a future that mirrors the visions of science-fiction's golden age. This thorough and insightful examination of Musk’s life reveals the rapidly changing technology industry through the lens of one of its most powerful and influential figures.