Elon Musk is a South African-born American entrepreneur and engineer. He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors, chairman of SolarCity, and co-chairman of OpenAI. Some of his accomplishments include co-founding PayPal which sold to eBay for $1.5 billion, founding SpaceX which is developing reusable rockets to make spaceflight more affordable, and leading Tesla Motors to produce the first fully electric sports car.

1. Elon Musk

2. Who is Elon Musk?
Chairman of SolarCity
The founder, CEO and CTO of SpaceX
Co-chairman of OpenAI
Co-founder of PayPal.
Co-founder and CEO of Tesla
Motors

3. Born in
South
Africa At Age 12,
Created
and sold
video game
for $500
Sold first
company Zip2
to Compaq for
$300 Million
Sold Paypal
to Ebay for
$1.5 Billion
Founded
Spacex
Invested
in Tesla
Motors
Became
Tesla’s
CEO
Developed
the
Hyperloop
concept
1971
1983
1999
2002
2002
2004
2008
2013

5. The world's
largest
Internet
payment
company
Moved $228
billion in 26
currencies
across more
than 190
nations
Generated
a total
revenue of
$7.9 billion

7. First Private
Spaceflight
Company
Dragon
:
First Private Spacecraft
to visit International
Space Station
Working
on Mars
Mission
Hyperloop
Fastest Land
Transportation System
Top Speed: 1,220 KMH
Estimated Cost: $7
Billion
First Reusable
Rocket:
Able to Make Vertical
Landings
Highly
Efficient
Falcon 9 Development
Cost 3x Less Than it
Would in NASA

10. Sustainable
Energy
Consumption
Tesla Roadster
The First Fully Electric Sports
Car
Supercharger Network
268 Stations in 3 Continents
Free to Use
Supplied by Solar Power
$50 Million Investment
by Toyota

11. % Change2014 sales2015 SalesModel
-5.07%81337721Audi A7
-15.48%59044490Audi A8
-5.79%86478146BMW 6-Series
-4.64%97449292BMW 7-Series
-16.59%43293611Jaguar XJ
-16.29%85597165Lexus LS
-11.88%69816152Mercedes-Benz
CLS-Class
-13.22%2527621934Mercedes-Benz S-
Class
-13.15%57404985Porsche Panamera
43.76%1848026566Tesla Model S
-1.21%101793100562Total
Big Luxury Cars Sales in US

13. Number One
Residential Solar
Provider in US
Cheaper
Alternative to
Traditional
Electricity
No Monetary
Installation Cost
$200 Million
Worth of Solar
Bonds

14. “If something is important enough, you
should do it. Even if the probable outcome is
failure.”