I chose Elon Musk because he is inspirational, innovative, a leader and above all extremely fascinating. Elon Musk dreams big and achieves big in his life. He is the co-founder of an easy-to-use payment system called ‘PayPal’ and electric car maker ‘Tesla’ and founder of rocket manufacturer ‘Space X’ and ‘The Boring Company’ which is looking at digging tunnels underground to avoid traffic jams.
Musk directly impacts my life daily as my mum owns a ‘Tesla’ car which constantly improves and updates itself based on innovations designed by Musk and his team. Which car consistently improves itself?
Musk has many qualities which I hope I have now or will have in the future. Musk is a visionary e.g. “He wants to colonize Mars”. He also works hard e.g., 80-120 hours a week and believes that hard work reduces the likelihood of failure, and you can achieve success quickly. In addition, he is a risk taker, persistent, open to feedback and passionate person. He believes that money comes when you do what you are passionate about. He must be seriously passionate, as his estimated net worth is $151 billion as of 2021.
Musk’s influence has expanded from space exploration to clean energy to even crypto currency. His opinions are quite powerful. Musk backs climate change and the move away from fossil fuels. He works in areas which are crucial to our future, he is shaping our future.
Musk is also on a mission to help humanity, from saving boys trapped underground in Thailand, to transporting people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in giant air tubes, to building ventilators for hospitals during the Covid crisis, to transport people in earthbound rockets from continent to another. Musk is changing the fabric of our society.
Overall Musk is an icon for all generations and a force to be reckoned with. Musk has been likened to a living and breathing superhero with a cult like following. People love him because he is down to earth in his interviews and very real. I really like Musk similar to how I like heroes in movies. Elon is an Iron Man.