Elon Musk is an American engineer, entrepreneur, investor. Co-founder of PayPal, CEO of Tesla. The chief engineer of Space X. He has long been a member of Forbes' billionaire rating.

Elon Musk claimed that he was always influenced by the cycle of science fiction “Foundation” novels by Isaac Asimov. So, Musk was inspired by the idea of ​​space exploration and other planets. In his opinion, it is relocation to other planets that will save humanity from extinction. He decided to minimize the cost of space flights by founding Space X.

Interesting fact: most of the Musk's initiatives were not successful on the first try. So, for example, we are talking about the Tesla company. In addition, a well-known businessman more than once fell into scandalous situations. One of them is a scandal with the desire to sell Tesla shares and transform it into a private company. Subsequently, he refused his words, but after an investigation by the US Securities Commission and the US Department of Justice, he agreed to resign as chairman of the Tesla board of directors.