Elon Reeve Musk – coloniser of Mars, transformer of cars, champion of sustainable energy – is probably the closest thing we’ve got to a superhero. It’s no secret that he has been cited as the inspiration for Marvel character, Tony Stark, AKA Iron Man.
Did you notice the Tesla parked in Tony Stark’s garage?
Or do you remember his brief cameo in Iron Man 2?
Elon Musk is a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor. He sold his first software — a game called Blastar — when he was only 11. He since became the founder of PayPal, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, founder, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors, and chairman of SolarCity. And he’s now only 44.
A serial entrepreneur in the same mould as Sir Richard Branson, Elon is constantly seeking ways to make the world a better place.
He’s a man with many plans – in his TED video, which has been viewed over 2,600,000 times, he shares details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar energy leasing company and a fully reusable rocket.