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Provided by explosiveskull
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There's so many things
that make people sad
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or depressed about the future,
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but I think becoming a
space-faring civilization is one
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of those things that makes
you excited about the future.
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Space is one of those
things that I think
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almost everyone is inspired
by and if you asked people
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what was the most
inspiring event in history,
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it was probably
landing on the moon.
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You know, I think all transport,
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with the exception of rockets,
will go fully electric.
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Owning a car that is not
self-driving in the longterm
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will be like owning a horse.
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You would own it for,
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and you would use it
for sentimental reasons,
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but not for, you know,
not for daily use, really.
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Our generation has
seen incredible advancements
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in technology.
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For that we can thank one
of the most successful,
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influential and notorious
entrepreneurs of the 21st century.
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Elon Musk, the
mind behind PayPal,
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founder of Tesla and SpaceX,
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the second richest
man in the world
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after Amazon
founder, Jeff Bezos,
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with an estimated net worth
of 163 billion US dollars.
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He is the ambitious
genius, intellectual
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and eccentric tech billionaire
who shook the entire world
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with groundbreaking inventions.
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This man is an engineer,
a charismatic leader,
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a philanthropist.
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Elon Musk is so many things.
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Today he has a dream, one
that many believe unreachable,
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at least during his lifetime,
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space colonization.
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This is the story
of an individual
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whose inventions revolutionize
the tech industry.
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After creating space
rockets, electric cars,
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solar batteries, and robots,
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his astounding success
puts him on top of the rank
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of the world's wealthiest men.
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They are masterminds,
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ambitious, competitive and
ruthless, not afraid of failure,
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dedicated to their mission
of bettering the world.
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Always reaching for excellence,
they lead by example.
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Unlike many industries,
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the tech billionaires
are mostly self-made.
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It is through their genius
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that they revolutionize
the industry
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and together they
change the world.
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Join us in this series
as we take a look
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at some of the wealthiest
entrepreneurs in the modern world,
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the tech billionaires,
Bill Gates, Elon Musk,
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Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos.
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Together they're
worth a collective
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of more than 900
billion US dollars.
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They will be
remembered in history
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as the most influential
people of the 21st century.
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Elon Reeve Musk was born
on the 28th of June 1971,
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in Pretoria, South Africa.
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His father, Errol,
was a wealthy,
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successful South
African engineer
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and his mother, Maye Musk,
was a Canadian model.
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Elon was the oldest
of three children
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and he spent all of his childhood
with his brother, Kimbal,
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and his sister, Tosca,
in South Africa.
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They could be one
beautiful, happy family,
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everything looked
amazing on the surface,
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but the reality
was much different.
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Elon grew up in a
tumultuous household
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and had a difficult
and lonely childhood.
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His father was abusive
towards his mother
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and denied Elon any help to
begin a career in business.
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He wasn't interested in his
children's happiness or success.
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His parents would divorce
when Elon was 10 years old.
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Elon was different.
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From the age of three,
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he was already showing
signs of ingenuity.
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His mother called him a nerd.
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In her autobiography
published in 2019,
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"A Woman Makes A Plan,"
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she shared some humble
photographs of his childhood
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and wrote, "When Elon was young,
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I noticed that he
read everything."
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She realized that he
had something special.
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Elon was bullied at
school and he struggled
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with having social life,
unlike his sibling.
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He was short and introverted.
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He liked to read, which
didn't make him popular
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among the other children.
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He said, "I was this
little bookworm kid
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and probably a bit
of a smart aleck
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so this is a recipe
for disaster."
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He described these years
as lonely and brutal.
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His only bright
escape, technology.
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He was so consumed in his
daydreams of inventions
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that his parents had a test done
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to check his hearing abilities.
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He soon developed an
interest in computers
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and electronic devices.
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After finally getting
his first computer,
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he learned to code
at only 10 years old.
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He taught himself programming
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after realizing the
classes weren't helping
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because he was ahead
of his teachers.
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He did not always get good
grades, especially in subjects
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where he couldn't see
the point learning them,
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like learning Afrikaans.
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Rather he would spend his
time playing video games,
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reading books, or coding.
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But for the subjects that
were important to him,
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such as physics and computers,
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he would get the highest grade.
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To this day, he
still uses reading
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to become an expert in a
field that interests him.
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Even comic books would
eventually inspire him
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to push humanity forward
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as the stories in them were
always about saving the world.
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Elon quickly figured out
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that if he could write and
sell a better software,
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than he could buy
better computers.
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So he created his first piece
of space-gaming software,
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called Blastar.
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He sold it to a
magazine for $500.
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At 12 years old, he had sold
his first commercial program.
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In his college days, he
would sell computer parts
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out of his dorm room to
earn some extra cash.
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At this point, he had no plan
of becoming a billionaire,
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but it seems that he was born
with a creative superpower.
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Not afraid of experimenting
and figuring things out,
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he was already thinking
like an entrepreneur
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at a very young age and was
born to innovate and create.
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His childhood was tough, but
it gave him an important asset,
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the ability to adapt
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and overcome the most
difficult challenges.
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In June 1989, the second
part of his life began.
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At 17 and against
his father's wishes,
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he decided to embark
on a plane to Canada,
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leaving South Africa and his
childhood behind forever.
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He had in mind the
American dream.
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Elon remembered thinking
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that America's where
great things are possible,
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more than in any other
country in the world.
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He didn't have a concrete plan,
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but he knew that staying
in his home country
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wouldn't get him
where he wanted to go.
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Growing up during apartheid,
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he knew he had to
make a decision
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and joining the mandatory
service in the army
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was out of the question.
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He described the
apartheid as surreal
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and he didn't believe
in the government.
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After arriving in Canada,
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he went to Queens
University in Ontario,
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where he met his first
wife, Justine Wilson.
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They got married in 2000 and
would have five children.
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He then moved to the US
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to attend the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
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where he graduated
with BA degrees
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in economics and
physics in 1997.
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He was 24 when he moved to
the Bay Area, California
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to pursue a degree in
energy physics at Stanford,
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but he dropped out
after only two days
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and went on to bigger things.
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Musk is not the first big
name in Silicon Valley
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to have dropped out of college
and gone on to find success.
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Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs,
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and two of the
world's richest men,
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Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg,
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all dropped out of school
to start their own company.
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Since it was the
dawn of the internet,
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Musk wanted to work
on new technology
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and he decided to move to
Silicon Valley in California,
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the promise land for any
entrepreneur in the tech world.
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That is where he thought
he would thrive the most.
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It was soon revealed that
Musk was a problem solver.
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By the time he had
moved to Silicon Valley
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he had a grand vision, ensuring
the future of humanity.
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But first, he knew
that he wanted
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to make useful things
happen on the internet.
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In 1995, he created his
first company, Zip2,
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with his brother Kimbal,
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which was an online version
of the yellow pages,
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however, he had no idea
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how difficult the first
years would end up being.
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Having moved from South Africa
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and having huge
student college debt,
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Musk was so poor that he was
unable to afford both a home
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and an office for his company.
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He ended up having
to sleep on the couch
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of his small office space
and showering at a local gym.
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The first few months
were a lot of excitement
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but after several months,
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it started to get
really difficult.
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Reality was kicking in.
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With only just one computer
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he was working
seven days a week,
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running the website during
the day and coding at night.
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He has declared that in
order to have success
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you have to have a
high pain threshold.
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Building a company from
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Eventually his company
took off and grew.
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In February 1999, tech
company Compaq acquired Zip2
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for $307 million in cash
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and $34 million
in stock options.
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Musk was just 28 years old
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when he joined the rank of
Silicon Valley millionaires.
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He had just gone
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from a broke man sleeping
on his office couch
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to a multimillionaire overnight.
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But he wanted more, he wanted
to make a bigger impact.
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How about transforming
the banking industry?
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After selling Zip2 his
confidence had grown
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and he was ready
for a new challenge.
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In 1999, only a month
after selling Zip2,
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Elon and Kimbal used the
money from their sale
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to found X.com,
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now known as the
incredibly popular PayPal.
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Money transactions
used to be very slow.
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Musk noticed that there
was an opportunity
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to make a real profound
change to the financial world.
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He invented PayPal to
make money transfers
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and payments easier without
having to deal with cash.
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In the beginning, the
company was small and unknown
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but Musk was ahead of his time.
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Thanks to his experience,
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his second business was
easier than the first.
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It grew fast and by
the end of year two,
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it exploded with a
million customers.
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In 2002, eBay purchased
PayPal for $1.5 billion.
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After selling PayPal, Musk
and his wife, Justine,
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moved from Silicon Valley
down to Los Angeles
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to be closer to
the space industry,
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the next adventure that he
wanted to tackle after PayPal.
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But money can't buy happiness
and that year, tragedy struck.
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By the time they
had moved to LA,
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their first child was born,
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a boy they named
Nevada Alexander.
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That same week which
catapulted Elon's net worth,
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their baby boy suddenly
stopped breathing.
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He died from SIDS, Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome.
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He was just 10 weeks old.
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Elon had just earned his
first billion dollars
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but he had lost a child.
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Afterwards, he refused to
talk about Nevada's death
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and he and his wife decided
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that they wanted to have children
again as soon as possible.
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Within the next five years,
and with the help of IVF,
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Justine gave birth to
twins, then triplets.
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Five sons in total,
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named Griffin, Xavier,
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Damian, Saxon, and Kai.
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He and his family were living
a dream or so it seemed.
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Justine declared feeling
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that she had turned
into a trophy wife
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and that their relationship
had become unhealthy
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and unsustainable.
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The tragic death of
their first child
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and Elon's priorities
and obsession with work
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led them to growing apart,
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and ultimately to
their divorce in 2008,
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a year that would be
full of challenges.
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Not long after in 2010,
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he met his second wife, the
British actor, Talulah Riley.
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He proposed after
dating for only 10 days.
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They divorced then
remarried, first in 2013,
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and then again, in 2016,
their marriage ended.
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Despite the troubles
and obstacles,
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Musk had finally
reached the impact
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that he'd been working for.
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His new company
created something
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that we now all
take for granted,
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but it changed the way
money is transferred,
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how the world buys things.
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In 2002, at 31, Musk
had become a US citizen
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and a billionaire.
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At this point, he could
have easily retired,
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bought private tropical islands
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and sipped on Mai Tais
for the rest of his life,
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but that was not something
he has interest in.
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Instead, he spends most
of his time at the office
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or in factories working
80 to 90 hours a week.
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The entrepreneur is a busy man
with a relentless work ethic.
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One of his rules for
success is work like hell.
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He has said
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that his children are his
priority outside of work
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and he is known to
be a doting father,
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but not everyone can
handle his busy schedule.
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After PayPal, Musk
got interested
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in a more inspiring future,
like exploring outer space.
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His new goal, enabling
the human civilization
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to become multiplanetary.
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A little child with no
big or clear vision,
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evolved into a
genius entrepreneur
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who now holds a vision bigger
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than what most can
possibly imagine.
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In 2002, he founded the private
interstellar travel company,
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SpaceX, with the intention of
reigniting the dream of Apollo
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and building spacecraft for
commercial space travel.
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His goal was to
improve the technology
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of space transportation
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by making cheaper
and reusable rockets,
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though space industry experts
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believed reusable
rockets were infeasible.
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Presence on another
heavenly body,
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actually the kind of
the Moon base and then,
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yeah, and then getting
people to Mars and beyond.
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And, you know, it's sort
of like the continuance
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of the dream of
Apollo that, like,
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people are really looking for.
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SpaceX would
be established in 2008,
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but not everyone was a
fan of this idea of his.
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Even moonwalkers
and American heroes,
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Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan,
criticized Musk's plans.
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He said in an
emotional interview
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that it was painful to hear that
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I was very sad to see that
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because those guys are, yeah,
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you know, that those
guys are heroes of mine
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so it's really tough.
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You know, I wish they
would come and visit
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and see the hard work
that we're doing here.
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And I think that would
change their mind.
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They inspired you to
do this didn't they?
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Yes.
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And to see them
casting stones in your direction.
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It's difficult.
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Back in the
'90s, the original reason
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Musk moved to Silicon
Valley in the first place
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was to work on electric cars.
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At the time, he decided
that it would be better
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to become part of the
internet as it was booming,
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but his dream of
building electric cars
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stayed in the back of
his mind all these years.
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He recalled in an interview
being passionate about it
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very early on at college.
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I actually met, I met a woman
I dated briefly in college,
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who now works at "Scientific
American" as a writer
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And she related the anecdote
that we went on a date,
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all I was talking about
was electric cars.
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That was not a
winning conversation.
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So it was a bit of
a monologue, was it?
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Yeah, she said, the first
question I asked her was,
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"Do you ever think about
electric cars?"
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She says, "No, she never does."
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Musk is not
only a tech entrepreneur,
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he is also a strong believer
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in the future of
renewable energy,
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and he sees it as a key
factor in humanity's future.
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Having always been fascinated
by rockets and fast cars,
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Musk wanted to find a way
to reduce global warming
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and end the destructive
use of fossil fuels.
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And we do have
significant danger
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with fracking technology,
which is, I think,
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really still
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at an early stage,
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because I think fracking
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probably increases the accessible
oil and gas in the world
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by perhaps a factor of 10.
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I mean, we didn't really know
what the full extent of it is,
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but it's probably something
like an order of magnitude,
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which means the potential
harm to the climate
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is really much, much
greater than it was before.
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And we can't rely on scarcity
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to drive the price
of oil and gas high
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and have that be an
adequate forcing function
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to move electric.
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So we have to figure out
how to make electric cars
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themselves compelling without
that economic forcing function
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of high gas prices.
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Two years
after founding SpaceX,
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2004 was the year he got
involved in a company
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that he believed would
change the course of humanity
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and build a more
sustainable future.
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A company with
revolutionary technology
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dedicated to the environment,
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to the best customer
experience, to success,
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the incredibly
popular, Tesla Motors,
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named after the electrical
inventor pioneer, Nikola Tesla.
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Tesla's plan was to produce a
car that everyone would want,
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affordable, environmentally
friendly and fast.
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Although Musk didn't
start this company,
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it was actually started by
two less-known engineers
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who simply had a vision
for transport using energy
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that was better for
the environment.
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In April 2004, he
helped them launch Tesla
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with $6.5 million
of his own money
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and was appointed as
chairman of the company.
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There's a certain
probability that is irreducible
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that something may
happen to earth,
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despite our best intentions,
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despite everything we try to do.
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There's a probability
at a certain point
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that either an external force,
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or some internal unforced error
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causes civilization
to be destroyed.
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In 2006 at 32,
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and in this continuing effort
to advance sustainable energy,
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he helped his cousins,
Lyndon and Peter Rive,
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start SolarCity, a
company that develops
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and sells solar panels
and solar roof tiles.
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Owned by Tesla, SolarCity
is now the largest provider
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of solar service in the US.
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For him,
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the sun is an indefinitely
plentiful source of energy
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which he believes
could easily power
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and benefit the entire world.
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A big part of this mission
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is how he plans to
power the planet.
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And it can even work in the UK,
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despite the cloudy
British weather.
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You still get
probably 80 to 90%
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of the energy coming
through the clouds.
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It's just that you don't
have that bright point source
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of a sun.
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And a way to appreciate this
perhaps is to look at the fact
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that plants are essentially
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a solar-powered
chemical reaction
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and the UK is a
very green country.
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In 2008,
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Tesla released the
first Tesla Roadster,
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a sports car capable
of accelerating
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from zero to 60 miles
per hour in 3.7 seconds,
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paving the way for its first
affordable electric car,
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the Model 3.
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But Musk had underestimated
the production cost
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of such high-end cars.
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Our goal is to get to cars
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that everyone can afford
as soon as possible,
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but any technology has to
go through a learning curve,
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it has to go through
economies of scale
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and that kind of thing.
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So for us being
a little startup,
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we had to start up with a car
that was in low production
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and necessarily expensive,
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and of course it has only the
first version of technology.
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Tesla have
only sold 1,300 Roadsters
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so critics have argued that
as such a small company,
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they'll never have the scale
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to revolutionized the
automobile industry.
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But they have sold their
battery technology to Daimler,
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who will build it into
an electric smart car
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and they hope that the Roadster
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is a convincing enough
replica of a regular car
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that the public
might just believe
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that the future
really is electric.
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I think all transport, with
the exception of rockets,
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will go fully electric.
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So that's why, I mean,
I see the value of Tesla
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as an accelerant, as a
catalyst in that transition.
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By 2007,
the company was running out of money.
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They weren't able to predict
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how difficult the
following years would be.
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Musk faced tough challenges
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before the success
of Tesla and SpaceX.
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2008 would be the
worst year of his life.
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The global financial crisis
shook the entire economy.
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All three of Musk's
companies appeared to be
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in serious financial trouble.
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By this time, SpaceX had
failed its first three launches
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and Tesla was burning
through millions of dollars
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- every month.
- There's a friend of mine,
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who's got a good phrase
for doing a startup,
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"It's like eating glass
and staring at the abyss."
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So it's, if you go into it
expecting it's gonna be just fun,
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you would be disappointed.
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It's not.
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It's quite painful.
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It's much easier to
get a job somewhere.
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Much, much easier and
much less stressful.
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You'll have more time
for other things-
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- But would you be happier?
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It depends on who you are.
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- You know-
- Are you?
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- Oh, would I be happier?
- Yeah.
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No, I wouldn't be
happy, any happier.
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Just before
Christmas in 2008,
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Tesla was two days
away from bankruptcy.
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Both Tesla and SpaceX had
about 10% chances of surviving.
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The bank funding their leases
also pulled out of the deal.
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Musk was in the
fight of his life.
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This year was also the year his
marriage with Justine ended.
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He was going through a
very difficult period
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after having put on the
line everything he owned
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without any guarantee that
it would make a difference.
485
00:28:10,988 --> 00:28:13,990
However, as Tesla was on
the verge of bankruptcy,
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Musk saved the company
in its darkest hour
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with an act of heroism.
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Fighting for it to the end
and risking everything,
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he invested all that he had left
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from the sale of
PayPal into Tesla.
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In September of that year,
Musk was finally successful
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with the Falcon 9 rocket launch,
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the last launch that
they had money for.
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And a few days before
Christmas, a miracle happened.
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NASA called and awarded SpaceX
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with a $1.6 billion contract
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to supply the International
Space Station.
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This human spaceflight
is the reason
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that SpaceX was created
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and we're incredibly
honored to partner with NASA
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and to make this happen.
502
00:29:07,478 --> 00:29:09,647
What the National Space
Agency would like to do,
503
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,350
of course, is slowly
hand over operation
504
00:29:12,383 --> 00:29:15,019
of the entire International
Space Station's
505
00:29:15,051 --> 00:29:16,086
commercial companies.
506
00:29:19,088 --> 00:29:22,192
We, as an agency, we want
to go to Mars and even beyond.
507
00:29:22,226 --> 00:29:23,861
And of course we're very excited
508
00:29:23,894 --> 00:29:26,697
about the excitement that
Elon is bringing to this,
509
00:29:26,730 --> 00:29:29,866
that SpaceX is
bringing to this idea
510
00:29:29,900 --> 00:29:33,071
of humans expanding
throughout the solar system.
511
00:29:36,105 --> 00:29:38,843
In 2010,
he took Tesla public
512
00:29:38,875 --> 00:29:41,345
and his fortune skyrocketed.
513
00:29:41,377 --> 00:29:45,015
Not everyone was as upbeat
about the company's future.
514
00:29:45,048 --> 00:29:46,917
In fact, it was
voted by Wall Street
515
00:29:46,951 --> 00:29:49,720
as the least likely to succeed,
516
00:29:49,752 --> 00:29:52,923
but investors
ignored the skeptics.
517
00:29:52,957 --> 00:29:56,661
Even Musk started Tesla
and SpaceX in mind
518
00:29:56,693 --> 00:29:59,997
that the most likely
outcome was failure,
519
00:30:00,029 --> 00:30:02,500
but he was willing
to take the risk.
520
00:30:02,532 --> 00:30:04,034
Well, the reason
that I'm doing it,
521
00:30:04,067 --> 00:30:05,869
and so many, a lot of people
at Tesla are doing it,
522
00:30:05,903 --> 00:30:08,739
is because we think it
actually is gonna make
523
00:30:08,771 --> 00:30:10,006
a difference to the world
524
00:30:10,039 --> 00:30:12,076
if we transition to
sustainable transport sooner
525
00:30:12,108 --> 00:30:13,243
rather than later.
526
00:30:14,644 --> 00:30:17,381
We're not doing this because
we thought it was, like,
527
00:30:17,413 --> 00:30:19,282
a way to get rich or
anything like that.
528
00:30:19,316 --> 00:30:22,119
Like I said, we felt, I felt
maybe 10% chance of success
529
00:30:22,152 --> 00:30:23,386
at the beginning.
530
00:30:23,420 --> 00:30:25,523
I thought I would just
lose all my money.
531
00:30:25,556 --> 00:30:27,258
It almost did, so
it's not like it was,
532
00:30:27,290 --> 00:30:30,260
that was, I came very
close to losing everything.
533
00:30:31,961 --> 00:30:32,864
Come on down.
534
00:30:32,896 --> 00:30:34,130
Come all the down over here
535
00:30:34,163 --> 00:30:35,700
- Elon.
- Elon, down here.
536
00:30:35,732 --> 00:30:37,534
- Elon.
- Elon.
537
00:30:37,567 --> 00:30:39,036
- Come on.
- Come on.
538
00:30:40,104 --> 00:30:41,538
Elon, stay here.
539
00:30:41,571 --> 00:30:43,640
Tesla
continues to thrive and grow
540
00:30:43,673 --> 00:30:46,610
and it now has more than
12,000 superchargers
541
00:30:46,644 --> 00:30:49,614
across North America,
Europe and Asia.
542
00:30:51,147 --> 00:30:53,317
By promoting clean driving
and showing the world
543
00:30:53,349 --> 00:30:57,320
that electric cars are in
fact better than gasoline,
544
00:30:57,354 --> 00:31:02,093
Musk is about to trigger an
electric transport revolution.
545
00:31:02,125 --> 00:31:04,228
I would encourage
more participation
546
00:31:04,260 --> 00:31:07,164
by whoever it is to
create electric vehicles.
547
00:31:08,531 --> 00:31:12,936
It's quite hard to do, but I
think companies, like Apple,
548
00:31:12,970 --> 00:31:15,173
will probably make a
compelling electric car.
549
00:31:16,373 --> 00:31:18,042
It seems like the
obvious thing to do.
550
00:31:18,875 --> 00:31:20,478
It had worked.
551
00:31:20,510 --> 00:31:22,512
Elon was back.
552
00:31:23,681 --> 00:31:26,517
However, Tesla continues
to be controversial.
553
00:31:27,984 --> 00:31:29,686
Throughout the years, critics
have slammed the company
554
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,123
for its cars' quality issues,
555
00:31:32,155 --> 00:31:35,292
and Musk himself
admitted to the defects.
556
00:31:35,326 --> 00:31:37,595
Recently, they also
faced lawsuits,
557
00:31:37,627 --> 00:31:40,431
investigations and layoffs.
558
00:31:40,463 --> 00:31:43,166
Their reputation
have taken many hits
559
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,170
and they have faced
turbulent years.
560
00:31:46,202 --> 00:31:48,138
Facebook was the
only other company
561
00:31:48,172 --> 00:31:53,044
to experience a larger decline
than Tesla in the 2019 poll.
562
00:31:54,377 --> 00:31:58,115
Musk said making
mistakes is inevitable,
563
00:31:58,147 --> 00:32:03,086
but he's dedicated to constantly
improving, making progress.
564
00:32:04,253 --> 00:32:06,823
He hasn't stopped
innovating and taking risks.
565
00:32:08,258 --> 00:32:12,063
He made history
on May 22nd, 2012,
566
00:32:12,096 --> 00:32:14,298
when after a flawless liftoff,
567
00:32:14,330 --> 00:32:18,168
the Falcon 9 rocket thundered
unmanned into space.
568
00:32:18,201 --> 00:32:20,971
T-minus
10, nine, eight,
569
00:32:21,005 --> 00:32:21,839
seven,
570
00:32:21,872 --> 00:32:23,074
six,
571
00:32:23,106 --> 00:32:24,008
five,
572
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:25,041
four,
573
00:32:25,075 --> 00:32:26,177
three,
574
00:32:26,210 --> 00:32:27,044
two,
575
00:32:27,076 --> 00:32:27,979
one,
576
00:32:28,011 --> 00:32:29,312
zero.
577
00:32:30,580 --> 00:32:35,185
And launch of the
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
578
00:32:35,219 --> 00:32:37,555
as NASA turns to
the private sector
579
00:32:37,587 --> 00:32:40,191
to resupply the
International Space Station.
580
00:32:49,700 --> 00:32:51,168
It would send
the first commercial vehicle
581
00:32:51,201 --> 00:32:53,604
to the International
Space Station,
582
00:32:55,204 --> 00:32:57,441
delivering a Dragon
cargo capsule full
583
00:32:57,473 --> 00:32:59,277
of groceries and supplies.
584
00:33:01,811 --> 00:33:04,280
"Every bit of adrenaline
in my body released
585
00:33:04,314 --> 00:33:06,750
at that moment," said Elon Musk
586
00:33:06,784 --> 00:33:09,387
about the moment the
rocket lifted off the pad.
587
00:33:10,421 --> 00:33:11,422
First of all, some
people don't realize
588
00:33:11,454 --> 00:33:12,756
we have a space station.
589
00:33:12,789 --> 00:33:14,625
Like, "You cannot
of be serious."
590
00:33:14,657 --> 00:33:18,128
We have a gigantic space
station, it's huge.
591
00:33:18,162 --> 00:33:19,297
It's really gigantic.
592
00:33:21,230 --> 00:33:22,633
I mean, it's a pretty
incredible structure
593
00:33:22,665 --> 00:33:25,235
that we have orbiting the earth.
594
00:33:26,436 --> 00:33:29,439
And I think just, I'd
recommend like, man,
595
00:33:29,472 --> 00:33:31,207
we've got to do something
to educate the public
596
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,244
about the awesomeness
of the space station
597
00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:35,747
because it is pretty amazing.
598
00:33:38,816 --> 00:33:41,285
SpaceX now
regularly shoots satellites
599
00:33:41,317 --> 00:33:42,420
into space.
600
00:33:45,021 --> 00:33:46,557
There's
a solar telemetry link
601
00:33:46,589 --> 00:33:49,126
and power systems are normal.
602
00:33:51,461 --> 00:33:55,732
We are entering a new
era of space exploration
603
00:33:55,766 --> 00:33:57,301
which is extremely exciting.
604
00:33:59,368 --> 00:34:01,071
And it's not just SpaceX,
605
00:34:01,105 --> 00:34:02,839
but there's a number
of other companies
606
00:34:02,873 --> 00:34:06,477
that have developed
new approaches
607
00:34:06,509 --> 00:34:08,244
and NASA is taking new
approaches to things,
608
00:34:08,277 --> 00:34:10,147
which is really exciting.
609
00:34:11,782 --> 00:34:15,286
The alternative is to become
a space-faring civilization
610
00:34:15,318 --> 00:34:17,353
and a multi-planet species,
611
00:34:17,387 --> 00:34:20,658
which I hope you would agree
that is the right way to go.
612
00:34:40,309 --> 00:34:42,480
The thing that's happened
in the last couple of years,
613
00:34:42,512 --> 00:34:45,315
which I'm really excited about
614
00:34:45,349 --> 00:34:49,153
and I think makes the
difference for access to space,
615
00:34:49,186 --> 00:34:51,055
is the landing
616
00:34:52,054 --> 00:34:55,158
of the Falcon 9 rocket booster.
617
00:34:56,492 --> 00:34:57,661
And in the,
618
00:34:57,693 --> 00:35:01,431
yeah.
619
00:35:02,398 --> 00:35:03,867
In 2013,
620
00:35:03,900 --> 00:35:06,836
the business side of
things was booming for him.
621
00:35:06,869 --> 00:35:10,340
The financial crisis became
somewhat of a distant memory.
622
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,610
He came up with more inventions.
623
00:35:19,715 --> 00:35:24,721
In August 2013, Musk
released the Hyperloop,
624
00:35:25,922 --> 00:35:27,323
a form of transport that
would allow commuting
625
00:35:27,356 --> 00:35:30,494
between major cities in a
very short amount of time
626
00:35:30,527 --> 00:35:33,429
while severely reducing traffic.
627
00:35:33,463 --> 00:35:36,367
Ideally powered by
renewable energy,
628
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,403
the high-speed transit
systems would repel riders
629
00:35:39,436 --> 00:35:41,338
in pods through tubes
630
00:35:41,371 --> 00:35:44,608
at speeds reaching more
than 700 miles per hour.
631
00:35:51,914 --> 00:35:56,253
In 2015, SpaceX began
development of the Starlink
632
00:35:56,286 --> 00:35:59,557
to provide satellite
internet access.
633
00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:02,459
On May 24th, 2019,
634
00:36:02,492 --> 00:36:06,430
the first 60 operational
satellites were launched.
635
00:36:06,463 --> 00:36:09,400
The project costs
about $10 billion.
636
00:36:21,577 --> 00:36:23,447
For Musk, the future
also means having to deal
637
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,382
with artificial intelligence.
638
00:36:26,416 --> 00:36:29,820
So in 2015, he
co-founded OpenAI,
639
00:36:31,255 --> 00:36:32,789
a nonprofit research company
640
00:36:32,822 --> 00:36:36,259
that aims to promote friendly
artificial intelligence.
641
00:36:37,494 --> 00:36:41,599
He also co-founded
Neuralink in 2016,
642
00:36:41,632 --> 00:36:42,766
a startup company focused
643
00:36:42,798 --> 00:36:46,003
on developing
brain-computer interfaces.
644
00:36:46,036 --> 00:36:48,172
These advancements
could improve memory
645
00:36:48,204 --> 00:36:50,942
or help human beings
merge with software.
646
00:36:54,978 --> 00:36:59,983
In December 2016, determined
to eliminate city traffic,
647
00:37:00,817 --> 00:37:03,119
Musk created The Boring Company,
648
00:37:03,152 --> 00:37:05,755
a tunnel and transport startup.
649
00:37:05,789 --> 00:37:09,293
Musk saw limitations with the
current transportation network
650
00:37:09,326 --> 00:37:12,929
and the infamous Los Angeles
traffic and he had a vision
651
00:37:12,963 --> 00:37:16,467
of a futuristic underground
public transport system.
652
00:37:17,733 --> 00:37:20,603
Their first self-driving
tunnel is almost complete
653
00:37:20,637 --> 00:37:22,472
under Las Vegas.
654
00:37:22,505 --> 00:37:26,143
He intends to use the tunnels
for the Hyperloop vehicles.
655
00:37:27,143 --> 00:37:28,645
That year he announced
656
00:37:28,679 --> 00:37:31,182
that self-driving electric
cars are the future.
657
00:37:33,817 --> 00:37:37,353
My guess is in
probably 10 years,
658
00:37:37,387 --> 00:37:40,457
it will be very unusual
for cars to be built
659
00:37:40,489 --> 00:37:42,625
that are not fully autonomous.
660
00:37:42,659 --> 00:37:46,197
Owning a car that is not
self-driving in the long term
661
00:37:47,496 --> 00:37:48,665
will be like owning a horse.
662
00:37:48,699 --> 00:37:49,900
You would own it for
663
00:37:49,932 --> 00:37:51,869
and you would use it
for sentimental reasons,
664
00:37:51,902 --> 00:37:56,240
but not for, you know,
not for daily use, really.
665
00:38:05,882 --> 00:38:08,519
He also announced
that getting humans to Mars
666
00:38:08,552 --> 00:38:10,887
was officially one
of his main goals.
667
00:38:14,090 --> 00:38:19,029
A cool goal that even
has a set date, 2024.
668
00:38:20,764 --> 00:38:24,934
It'll be cool to be born on
earth and die on Mars, yeah.
669
00:38:24,967 --> 00:38:26,536
You said before you
want to retire on Mars,
670
00:38:26,570 --> 00:38:28,272
is this more or less feasible?
671
00:38:29,438 --> 00:38:30,907
Well, actually
it was asked, do I,
672
00:38:32,541 --> 00:38:34,711
it's more like if
I were to retire,
673
00:38:34,744 --> 00:38:35,878
it's not like I want to retire,
674
00:38:35,911 --> 00:38:38,948
but if I were to retire
on the verge of senility
675
00:38:38,981 --> 00:38:41,585
I'd like it to be on
Mars, that would be cool.
676
00:38:42,952 --> 00:38:45,621
He hopes making
space travel affordable,
677
00:38:45,655 --> 00:38:50,227
around $100,000 per person,
would hopefully entice humans
678
00:38:50,260 --> 00:38:52,496
to permanently moved
to the red planet.
679
00:38:54,898 --> 00:38:58,568
In 2018, he announced the
first private astronaut
680
00:38:58,601 --> 00:39:00,603
to travel to the moon.
681
00:39:00,637 --> 00:39:05,643
I'd like to introduce the
first paying customer of BFR.
682
00:39:06,643 --> 00:39:09,579
Yusaku Maezawa,
please come forward.
683
00:39:10,947 --> 00:39:11,715
Yeah.
684
00:39:11,748 --> 00:39:14,418
See what's up.
685
00:39:14,451 --> 00:39:15,619
Thank you, Elon.
686
00:39:15,652 --> 00:39:16,720
Thank you.
687
00:39:16,753 --> 00:39:20,124
Thank you, everyone.
688
00:39:20,157 --> 00:39:20,923
Wow.
689
00:39:20,956 --> 00:39:23,659
In 2023,
690
00:39:23,693 --> 00:39:25,162
as the host,
691
00:39:25,195 --> 00:39:29,666
I'd like to invite
six to eight artists
692
00:39:29,699 --> 00:39:32,336
from around the world to join me
693
00:39:32,369 --> 00:39:34,038
on this mission to the moon.
694
00:39:39,141 --> 00:39:42,578
A future where we are a
space-faring civilization
695
00:39:42,612 --> 00:39:46,483
and out there among the stars
is infinitely more exciting
696
00:39:46,516 --> 00:39:48,619
and inspiring than
one where we are not.
697
00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:50,921
You basically, I think,
have to hate humanity
698
00:39:50,954 --> 00:39:52,556
if you don't like that future.
699
00:40:00,630 --> 00:40:01,865
We've
come a long way
700
00:40:01,898 --> 00:40:04,034
since the beginning
of the space race.
701
00:40:07,471 --> 00:40:11,041
In 1969, the first person
set foot on the moon,
702
00:40:11,074 --> 00:40:12,376
making history.
703
00:40:16,012 --> 00:40:18,715
Today, SpaceX brings
us one step closer
704
00:40:18,748 --> 00:40:20,818
to the next giant
leap for mankind.
705
00:40:28,891 --> 00:40:32,663
In May 2018, Musk
appeared at the Met Gala
706
00:40:32,695 --> 00:40:35,231
with his new
girlfriend on his arm,
707
00:40:35,264 --> 00:40:37,867
the Canadian singer,
Claire Boucher,
708
00:40:38,702 --> 00:40:41,638
professionally known as Grimes.
709
00:40:41,670 --> 00:40:44,006
They met online a
few weeks before,
710
00:40:44,039 --> 00:40:46,342
after Musk discovered
a joke on Twitter
711
00:40:46,376 --> 00:40:49,413
about artificial intelligence
on Grime's account.
712
00:40:50,380 --> 00:40:51,748
He reached out to her
713
00:40:51,780 --> 00:40:53,918
and they started dating
quietly since then.
714
00:40:55,117 --> 00:40:56,820
Musk told "The Wall
Street Journal"
715
00:40:56,853 --> 00:41:00,324
that he loves her for her
wild, artistic creativity
716
00:41:00,356 --> 00:41:01,891
and intense work ethic.
717
00:41:03,126 --> 00:41:07,197
Two years later, in May 2020,
Elon announced the birth
718
00:41:07,230 --> 00:41:09,699
of their first son on Twitter,
719
00:41:09,733 --> 00:41:12,936
a son with the
most unusual name.
720
00:41:12,969 --> 00:41:14,671
The couple initially announced
721
00:41:14,704 --> 00:41:19,443
that they had named their
new baby X Ash A-12 Musk.
722
00:41:20,710 --> 00:41:23,914
The baby's surname is
simply Musk, or Little X.
723
00:41:25,081 --> 00:41:27,785
I mean, it's just
X, the letter X.
724
00:41:28,985 --> 00:41:32,756
And then the AE is,
like, pronounced Ash.
725
00:41:35,157 --> 00:41:36,460
Yeah.
726
00:41:36,492 --> 00:41:39,896
And then A-12, A-12
is my contribution.
727
00:41:39,929 --> 00:41:41,565
Oh, why A-12?
728
00:41:41,597 --> 00:41:44,601
Archangel 12, the
precursor to the SR-71,
729
00:41:44,634 --> 00:41:45,802
the coolest plane ever.
730
00:41:48,003 --> 00:41:49,572
I love
how Rogan was laughing
731
00:41:49,606 --> 00:41:52,276
because we were all like, "Ash,
how did you get out of it?"
732
00:41:52,309 --> 00:41:53,310
But look at this baby.
733
00:41:53,342 --> 00:41:54,344
- How adorable is he?
- Oh.
734
00:41:55,579 --> 00:41:57,614
The name
of Grimes and Musk's son
735
00:41:57,646 --> 00:42:00,918
isn't the only thing
controversial about him.
736
00:42:00,951 --> 00:42:04,521
He's been known to be infamously
controversial on Twitter.
737
00:42:05,855 --> 00:42:10,661
In May 2020, he wiped off
$14 billion of Tesla's value
738
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,596
with just one Tweet.
739
00:42:13,630 --> 00:42:17,401
By writing, "Tesla stock
price is too high,"
740
00:42:17,434 --> 00:42:20,137
$3 billion were taken
off his own stake
741
00:42:20,170 --> 00:42:22,773
as investors bailed
following his Tweet.
742
00:42:24,206 --> 00:42:28,311
On May 1st, 2020, Musk decided
that he was going to put
743
00:42:28,344 --> 00:42:30,780
all of his seven
homes on the market.
744
00:42:30,813 --> 00:42:35,018
He Tweeted, "I'm selling almost
all physical possessions.
745
00:42:35,050 --> 00:42:37,353
Will own no house."
746
00:42:37,387 --> 00:42:39,256
He was also seen smoking weed
747
00:42:39,289 --> 00:42:41,158
in an interview with Joe Rogan.
748
00:42:42,958 --> 00:42:44,927
- I mean, it's legal, right?
- It's totally legal.
749
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:45,962
Okay.
750
00:42:45,996 --> 00:42:47,631
How does that work?
751
00:42:47,664 --> 00:42:49,266
Do people get upset at you
if you do certain things?
752
00:42:49,298 --> 00:42:50,833
Do you
see this right here?
753
00:42:50,867 --> 00:42:51,835
Elon Musk.
754
00:42:51,867 --> 00:42:52,835
There's tobacco
and marijuana in there.
755
00:42:52,869 --> 00:42:54,137
Is he inhaling?
756
00:42:55,371 --> 00:42:56,672
Yeah, I'm not sure.
757
00:42:56,706 --> 00:42:57,941
Okay, whether
or not he's inhaling,
758
00:42:57,974 --> 00:43:00,978
he's in a state
where it's legal.
759
00:43:03,045 --> 00:43:04,880
After being
married three times,
760
00:43:04,914 --> 00:43:08,151
twice to the same woman,
having six children
761
00:43:08,184 --> 00:43:11,955
and costing his shareholders
billions with his Tweets,
762
00:43:11,987 --> 00:43:14,357
it is fair to say that
his personal life has been
763
00:43:14,391 --> 00:43:16,994
as vertiginous as his
professional life.
764
00:43:18,061 --> 00:43:19,896
His journey wasn't always made
765
00:43:19,929 --> 00:43:22,365
of bright moments and successes,
766
00:43:22,398 --> 00:43:25,001
but Elon Musk finally
reached the heights
767
00:43:25,034 --> 00:43:27,036
that he was aiming for.
768
00:43:27,070 --> 00:43:31,008
His oversized personality gets
him in trouble occasionally,
769
00:43:31,041 --> 00:43:34,345
but he also has a vision
and is driven by a purpose.
770
00:43:35,679 --> 00:43:39,182
At the Emerging
Technologies event in 2018,
771
00:43:39,215 --> 00:43:42,552
he said that building
the future is his goal.
772
00:43:42,585 --> 00:43:44,920
The thing drives me is that
773
00:43:44,954 --> 00:43:46,923
I want to be able to
think about the future
774
00:43:46,956 --> 00:43:48,025
and
775
00:43:49,525 --> 00:43:51,260
you feel good about that
776
00:43:51,293 --> 00:43:52,096
so
777
00:43:53,262 --> 00:43:55,231
that, you know, we're
doing what we can
778
00:43:55,264 --> 00:43:59,769
to have the future be
as good as possible,
779
00:44:01,371 --> 00:44:04,041
to be inspired by what
is likely to happen
780
00:44:05,574 --> 00:44:09,512
and to look forward
to the next day.
781
00:44:09,545 --> 00:44:11,914
Recently, he
has also become a proponent
782
00:44:11,947 --> 00:44:13,716
of digital currencies
783
00:44:13,750 --> 00:44:16,987
and Tesla invested $1.5
billion in Bitcoin.
784
00:44:19,054 --> 00:44:21,924
After climbing to the top
of American capitalism
785
00:44:21,958 --> 00:44:24,061
at an incredible speed,
786
00:44:24,094 --> 00:44:28,932
in January 2021, he briefly
surpassed Jeff Bezos
787
00:44:28,965 --> 00:44:31,233
as the richest
person in the world
788
00:44:31,266 --> 00:44:35,172
as his net worth
increased to $209 billion.
789
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:40,943
In 2002, he founded
the Musk Foundation
790
00:44:40,976 --> 00:44:44,780
which supports renewable
energy, space exploration,
791
00:44:44,813 --> 00:44:49,652
science, pediatric and
artificial intelligence research.
792
00:44:49,686 --> 00:44:50,954
And he has donated
793
00:44:50,987 --> 00:44:55,592
at least $257 million
to the organization.
794
00:44:55,625 --> 00:44:57,994
Musk doesn't do
typical philanthropy
795
00:44:58,027 --> 00:45:00,731
as we know it, like Bill Gates,
796
00:45:00,764 --> 00:45:04,166
most of his money goes straight
back into his companies.
797
00:45:04,199 --> 00:45:06,936
But he works for
a better planet.
798
00:45:06,969 --> 00:45:09,939
and this is most definitely
being philanthropic.
799
00:45:11,039 --> 00:45:13,643
In 2012, Musk
joined billionaires,
800
00:45:13,675 --> 00:45:16,078
like Bill Gates and
Mark Zuckerberg,
801
00:45:16,112 --> 00:45:18,414
in signing The Giving Pledge,
802
00:45:18,447 --> 00:45:21,350
a commitment to give away
the majority of their wealth
803
00:45:21,384 --> 00:45:24,621
either during their
lifetimes or in their will.
804
00:45:36,699 --> 00:45:38,001
Are there limitations
805
00:45:38,034 --> 00:45:41,305
for where your imagination
can take your reality?
806
00:45:42,539 --> 00:45:45,175
Elon Musk doesn't
seem to think so.
807
00:45:45,208 --> 00:45:48,311
His visions for the future
are beyond imagination
808
00:45:48,344 --> 00:45:49,579
and inspiring.
809
00:45:51,146 --> 00:45:53,949
He has come a long way from
a South African immigrant
810
00:45:53,983 --> 00:45:58,822
and a bullied boy to a
self-made CEO billionaire,
811
00:45:58,855 --> 00:46:01,958
taking on more than
five industries.
812
00:46:01,990 --> 00:46:04,393
He showed us all how
to do something new
813
00:46:04,427 --> 00:46:07,064
that we didn't think
was possible before.
814
00:46:08,530 --> 00:46:11,168
As we look at his accomplishments,
there is no denying
815
00:46:11,201 --> 00:46:15,405
that Elon Musk is a genuine
Silicon Valley success story.
816
00:46:16,606 --> 00:46:18,475
He was named one of
"Time" magazine's"
817
00:46:18,507 --> 00:46:21,343
most influential
people in the world.
818
00:46:21,376 --> 00:46:24,980
He was never short of
confidence and optimism.
819
00:46:25,014 --> 00:46:27,250
He has defied the critics.
820
00:46:27,282 --> 00:46:31,221
He kept fighting on the
hardest days and never gave up.
821
00:46:32,121 --> 00:46:33,123
PayPal, SpaceX,
822
00:46:34,190 --> 00:46:37,059
Tesla, SolarCity,
823
00:46:37,092 --> 00:46:40,096
they all have had an
important impact on the world.
824
00:46:41,697 --> 00:46:44,400
The tech billionaires
are an example.
825
00:46:44,434 --> 00:46:48,038
We learn from them that even
heroes go through tough times
826
00:46:48,070 --> 00:46:49,940
to get where they are today.
827
00:46:51,106 --> 00:46:53,610
It can all start
with one individual
828
00:46:53,643 --> 00:46:56,213
and their dreams and ambition,
829
00:46:56,246 --> 00:47:00,050
with someone who wanted to
make the world a better place.
830
00:47:00,083 --> 00:47:03,420
It can all start
with a small step.
831
00:47:06,088 --> 00:47:11,094
It seems that for Elon Musk,
not even the sky is the limit.
832
00:47:13,896 --> 00:47:17,099
There are no limits.
833
00:47:25,942 --> 00:47:27,143
Space is one of those things
834
00:47:27,175 --> 00:47:30,079
that I think almost
everyone is inspired by.
835
00:47:30,112 --> 00:47:32,047
And if you asked people
836
00:47:32,081 --> 00:47:34,084
what was the most
inspiring event in history,
837
00:47:34,117 --> 00:47:36,319
it was probably
landing on the moon,
838
00:47:36,351 --> 00:47:38,254
you know, if you ask
people anywhere, I'd say.
839
00:48:18,270 --> 00:48:23,270
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