Elon Musk
Founded Zip2 in 1995 made millions
Founded Paypal in 1999 made mega millions
Founded SpaceX in 2002 to "make cheap dependable rockets and start humanity on the path towards life's next great evolutionary leap - paraphrased"
Added major investments and took over TESLA motors and Solar City to help keep Earth habitable as long as possible.
I can only hope he is hugely successful in a business sense on at least one of his latest ventures to keep the others going until they are also self sustaining.
Solar power was actually one of his early interests.
Elon is a brilliant man with an eye to the future even further out than the Dutch.
His bio also makes clear he's human.
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are also really trying to use their top of the world wealth to benefit humanity "long term" with a shorter view than Elon. These three guys clearly show the value of allowing wealth to accumulate in entrepreneurial hands unlike the economy wrecking CEO parasites so much in the news lately. Buffet is the most old school, but he did it buying/creating value, and managing reasonable risks, not by bending the rules, taking outlandish risks, and thinking only in the short term.
Regards,
Mark
Space/Science » in reply to re: Space travel: Did 1969 mark the end of the dream?
Meet Elon Musk
