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South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. This book deals with his life and work.

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One thing that Musk holds in the highest regard is resolve, and he respects people who continue on after being told no.
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Is Elon Musk the new Steve Jobs? This is one of many questions this excellent biography poses ― GQ

For anyone interested in technology, entrepreneurship or the price of greatness, Ashlee Vance's new book is a tremendous look into arguably the world's most important entrepreneur. Vance paints an unforgettable picture of Musk's unique personality, insatiable drive and ability to thrive through hardship. The book bursts with telling anecdotes and quotes that illuminate who Musk is ― The Washington Post

Exhaustively reported . . . this work will likely serve as the definitive account of a man whom so far we've seen mostly through caricature. By the final pages, too, any reader will sense the need to put comparisons to Steve Jobs aside. Give Musk credit. There is no one like him ― New York Times

A book that is smart, light on its feet and possesses a crunchy thoroughness. . . . Mr Vance delivers a well-calibrated portrait of Mr Musk, so that we comprehend both his friends and his enemies. It's a book with many ancillary pleasures. Mr Vance brings us up to date on the states of green energy and space launches. He also veers away from his subject just often enough, offering profiles of the frequently brilliant people who work alongside Mr Musk. The best thing Mr Vance does in this book, though, is tell Mr Musk's story simply and well ― The New York Times

Ashlee Vance’s stellar biography captures Musk’s remarkable life story and irrepressible spirit ― Richard Branson

About the Author

Ashlee Vance is one of the most prominent writers on technology today. After spending several years reporting on Silicon Valley and technology for the New York Times, Vance went to Bloomberg Businessweek, where he has written dozens of cover and feature stories for the magazine on topics ranging from cyber espionage to DNA sequencing and space exploration.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0753555646
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Virgin Books (8 April 2016); Penguin Random House UK
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0008279659
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0008279653
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 290 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.49 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ United Kingdom
Importer ‏ : ‎ Penguin Random House
Packer ‏ : ‎ Penguin Random House
Generic Name ‏ : ‎ Books

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Ashlee Vance is an award winning feature writer for Bloomberg Businessweek magazine. Vance is also the host and writer of the Emmy-nominated "Hello World" TV series and producer of several upcoming documentary films. Previously, he worked for The New York Times and The Register. He's the author of the best-selling biography on Elon Musk and his most recent work is "When The Heavens Went on Sale" about the rise of the commercial space industry. HBO is currently developing a TV series and a documentary based on Vance's books.

Vance was born in South Africa, grew up in Texas and attended Pomona College. He has spent more than two decades covering the technology industry from San Francisco and is a noted Silicon Valley historian.

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Sena Reddy

a book very well written

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 7 May 2023

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I’m a massive admirer of Musk. And the author stitched the book very well; a tremendous amount of information about Musk and what he went through from a very young age to the CEO of big companies like Tesla and SpaceX. I definitely recommend reading it.

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*I'm pretty sure this review - opinions are going to be biased with and without my knowledge.

In 2012, I was a freshman at College studying Automobile Engineering and remember watching a program on Discovery Channel showcasing the faster vehicles in all variants and that's how I got to know about Tesla Roadster and it's Chief Executive Officer. I felt that was a very cool thing to do when all others are sucking the resources beneath. I tried knowing more about him and got to know about the motives that run his investments on Tesla Motors (wants to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy), SpaceX (wants the human species multiplanetary - starting from Mars), SolarCity (figure out better ways to deliver clean, more affordable energy), Artificial Intelligence, Hyperloop subsonic Transportation ideas. And at first I thought maybe he got inspired from the fictional Character Tony Stark from the movie, Iron Man and it turns out the other way when I got to know more about the guy.

Being a space geek, I always love SpaceX plans from the day I watched the animation video of Falcon 9 featuring it's reusable capabilities. These people see things from a little different perspective than conventional us. I tried doing a project work on designing the key parameters of aerothermodynamics on Re-entry Space Capsule being inspired from his announcement on reusable rocket plans.

After such impact, the urge intensified to read his biography. His Haldemann family background from Canada to South Africa was ample enough to decipher the circumstances of which his mom was brought up. The writing style of the author is pretty engaging in my case as I was too keen in learning the man. Suffering has always been Elon’s thing. The kids at school tortured him. His father played brutal mind games. Musk then abused himself by working inhumane hours and forever pushing his businesses to the edge. The idea of work-life balance seems meaningless in this context. For Musk, it’s just life. So far it has been Zip2, X.com-Paypal, Tesla, SpaceX; Globalised Space internet, Hyperloop transportation, sponsorship of a city in Mars and many that we not know yet. I always wanted to know what it would feel like being Elon and this book gave me insights more than I expected. His relentless efforts on his unconventional direct plans, cruel stoicism towards his workers, his unimaginable Brain usage capability - not that I'm exaggerating, he rarely misuses or exploits his brain resources. My imagination holds as a bridge between the us and the "Ubermensch" as told by Grandpa Nietzsche.

"It will be a species very much like us. But with more of our strengths and fewer of our weaknesses. More confident, far-seeing, capable and prudent."

What I found beneath Elon was the self abnegation of fame getting into spotlights of many brilliant, extraordinary minds like J.B Straubel, Gwanne Shotwell, Tom Mueller, Jeremy Hollman, Kevin Brogan, Dave Lyons and Ali Javidan and his acquaintances like Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Richard Branson, Michael Griffin who helped in big time for Elon to get his image I see as a young, science enthusiastic indian lad.

"Who are we, if not measured by our impact on others? That’s who we are! We’re not who we say we are, we’re not who we want to be — we are the sum of the influence and impact that we have, in our lives, on others.”

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“Elon is one of the few people that I feel is more accomplished than I am,” says Craig Venter, the man who decoded the human genome and went on to create synthetic lifeforms. At some point he hopes to work with Musk on a type of DNA printer that could be sent to Mars.

“Everything he does is fast,” Brogan, SpaceX Employee No.23 says. “He pees fast. It’s like a fire hose—three seconds and out. He’s authentically in a hurry.”

"Around 8 P.M. on some weeknights at SpaceX when Musk would allow everyone to use their work computers to play first-person-shooter video games like Quake III Arena and Counter-Strike against each other. At the appointed hour, the sound of guns loading would cascade throughout the office as close to twenty people armed themselves for battle. Musk—playing under the handle Random9—often won the games, talking trash and blasting away his employees without mercy. 'The CEO is there shooting at us with rockets and plasma guns,' said Colonno."

Overall a very good work as biography of Elon Musk, the man who wants the human beings to transcend to the next level of civilization - that's completely biased, I guess

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Mazeed MOHD

Should have written it simple

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 17 February 2023

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Vocabulary is relatively complex

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 16 November 2022

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It's good book but not as you think

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Didn't read all
Kinda boring 😴

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Krishna Ahir

Inspiring, riveting biography of the greatest visionary of our time

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I usually don’t read biographies but but of a fan of Elon Musk so decided to go for the book.
Vance opens the book at an interview with Elon Musk himself. The first line, a quote from Musk, "Do you think I'm insane?", perfectly captures the whole context of the biography. Because as you experience the story, you see the challenges Musk went through to reach the pinnacle he's at today. Vance shows how Musk is both the CEO and an employee of the company. His vision is THE vision, and he is known for not letting anything get in his way and his vision.
This isn’t just a poor kid turned rich story, Elon Musk was raised in family of few privileges and he made the most of things available to him and made his way to the top of the ladder, it is the story of his struggle, hard work, his failures and his iron will and determination to make a change for better in this world.
What I love most about Elon's story is how powerfully he deals with every obstacle thrown into his path. Literally nothing could stop him. Not looming bankruptcy or bad press or any of dozens of other issues that would have stopped most of us. In his unconventional, greatly criticized approach, Musk is making his childhood goals a reality. His central driving force; to better mankind. Open-sourcing Tesla's patents seems absurd, but money is not the catalyst here. Simply put, his pure drive and achievements are utterly astounding.

So is Elon Musk—-a) a genius, b) a lunatic, c) visionary d) worlds most important entrepreneur e) force of nature or f) all of the above
At various times during the reading of this book you will come to suspect that Elon Musk is each and every one of these things; and, at the end, come to conclude that only f)all of the above comes close to hitting the mark. As a mega-wealthy celebrity entrepreneur, Musk lives life larger than most of us—and that makes for very interesting, inspiring and entertaining reading.
Few good quotes
"Where Mark Zuckerberg wants to help you share baby photos, Musk wants to save the human race from self-imposed or accidental annihilation."

“I’m more convinced than ever that Musk is, and has always been, a man on a quest, and that his brand of quest is far more fantastic and consuming than anything most of us will ever experience.”

Last and best one.....
"This is Elon's world, and the rest of us just happen to live in it.".

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Deepa

Breath-taking , Inspiring n Mesmerising.

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 26 February 2022

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This book may look like just a biography of a Successful Entrepreneur, engineer n Techno-king but once u dive into Elon's world , u shall get to know how he became The Elon Musk we know today.Its a mesmerising, interesting n truly inspiring tale about Elon.I personally am so obsessed with this book n find Elon's journey so inspiring n path-breaking.He did what everyone thought was impossible.I feel every child, adult who seeks to learn about Technology n it's wonders or just wanna peep-into Elon's journey must read it.He is not just an entrepreneur but also a Visionary.A true legend .Salute to him n his indomitable spirit.Thanks Amazon for providing this book .I m very grateful to Amazon n especially Ashlee Vance for compiling this book n telling Elon's tale.

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Kiran s.

Read it like a novel

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This Book is overall good to read if you love the idea of Elon musk and you want to know the real person behind the Elon to start the company and how the company grows. Ups and downs in Elon life and how many startup it starts as well as how company grows and problem faced and the life of Elon also .

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A. T.

I liked learning about how Musk’s companies came to be

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 7 May 2018

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An interesting read for me, considering I never went in depth into what Musk has accomplished (to be fair, I came to this book because I find Tesla cars sexy and thought ‘well, why not read this, at least I’ll know more about the man’).

I’m kind of sitting on the fence about this book. I liked learning about how Musk’s companies came to be, the problems encountered along the way, how things were at times one inch from just failing, but worked out in the end, out of both luck and determination. In a way, it’s a positive ‘lesson’: that sometimes things fail, but it shouldn’t prevent you from fighting for them and taking risks, because they just may succeed as well.

I also appreciated that the author interviewed other people, employees, ex-employees, friends, ex-partners, etc., and that he made them part of the whole: people without whom Tesla Motors or SpaceX wOuld’ve never been able to take off, engineers and mechanics and designers whose role was absolutely not negligible. Since a large part of the book was focused on these companies, acknowledging more than just one actor was a good thing to do.

I would’ve d liked it to go more in depth about how exactly things worked out, when it comes to the science/engineering part. Elon Musk seems like he knows his stuff, too, and has learnt over the years what he didn’t know and made him shoot for impossible deadlines at first (now I guess they’re just improbable, hah), and… I don’t know, I expected something more detailed in that regard. Maybe less of the business aspect, and more about the engineering the way Elon Musk himself goes about it?

Also, for a biography, I think it didn’t go to the bottom of things either when it comes to the man, and lacks a certain detachment. Musk doesn’t come off as a very empathetic person, to say the least, and while objectively I understand his drive, humanely the way he treats his employees is, well, not great at all. So I would’ve been interested in seeing more reflecting about this: coming from him, but also coming from the biographer. There -is- something wrong in the way all these visionary projects have come to be, and it was pretty much glossed over. (In short, was the harshness really needed, does innovation has to come to such a price, and would things have tanked with just a bit more empathy?)

This was instructive, and I kind of liked it, so 3 stars… But while I know more about Tesla Motors, SolarCity and SpaceX, I don’t feel like I know -that- much more about Musk himself now.

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The Tech Reviewer

Interesting and insightful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 29 May 2019

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Excellent book which covers musk's life from an early age right up to the present
insightful stories and details about his companies and the struggles to get them off the ground
very inspiring and great book
Highly recommend to any Elon fan

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The Iceman

Sycophantic to the extreme. No balance.

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The most biased, one sided, sycophantic biography I've ever read. There is no doubting that Elon Musk is a very shrewd, creative, and intelligent businessman. Yet, for a man to be in technology for over 25 years, I don't think for one minute he didn't make more enemies, more mistakes, and more concessions than that are mentioned in this book. Over 90% of it is pro-Musk. It's comically in hero worship territory. Any criticisms of Musk from former employees, partners, rival companies is unfairly dismissed, glossed over or excused. It reads as though every single detail and strategy was down to Musk - he takes credit for everything! No mention of the thousands of employees at Tesla or SpaceX such as the engineers, designers, or even board members, partners, key investors etc - everything was his idea apparently. I was waiting for the line that said he was responsible for sliced bread but Elon was inventing the wheel that day I guess.

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Fascinating

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 2 June 2022

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I knew almost nothing about Musk before picking this up on a kindle deal. Really enjoyed reading this and finding out about Elin Musk. His work ethic, his determination, drive, intelligence and vision come across in droves. As with many high achievers he is very harsh on many and lacks empathy in his work life.

What was most interesting is that his "why" is not money making but solving problems like global warming or living on only one planet.

He's clearly had fortunate breaks, but he is a fascinating character.

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J Gabriel

Great book and a pleasure to read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 17 September 2017

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After reading just the first chapter of Ashlee Vance's 'Elon Musk', I couldn't put the book down. From the outset this is an engaging insight into the enigma who is Musk.

Prior to reading the book, I thought that my knowledge of Musk was pretty good. However, I still found there was a new surprise on every page.Vance has done well to capture a story of the billionaire's background, from bullied schoolboy to minimum wage worker, right through to him becoming one of the most pioneering minds of a generation.

It is an honest and fair portrayal of both his family and business life, a pleasure to read and delves just enough into the areas of interest in the subject's life.

Anyone looking for some inspiration should definitely buy this book!

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