Not content with selling electric cars or venturing into space, Pretoria-born billionaire Elon Musk sold $10-million worth of flamethrowers in four days.
When Elon Musk says something crazy, which admittedly is quite often, the whole world pays attention. He is known as a disruptive innovator and has impacted the motoring, solar, and space industries.
The goals for his three primary companies Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity revolve around his vision to change the world, and humanity. As if one man hasn’t done enough, you probably also know him from PayPal, OpenAI, and Neuralink.
When this one-of-a-kind inventor, engineer, investor and entrepreneur isn’t making the world a better place, he enjoys having a bit of fun through one of his side ventures, an infrastructure and construction business called The Boring Company.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 2018 من Forbes Africa.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 2018 من Forbes Africa.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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