Elon Musk had a curious childhood and a passion for science from a young age. He started his first company, Zip2, at age 24, working 18-hour days and eventually selling it for $500 million. With his earnings, he co-founded X.com which later became PayPal, and became the youngest billionaire at age 31 when the company was sold. Musk then founded SpaceX with the goal of establishing a colony on Mars and making humanity multi-planetary, and Tesla Motors to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy. He continues working to change the world through technological innovation.

1. by Ilya Zmienko
Iron Man of
our modernity
Elon
Musk

2. The plan of
my talk
• Childhood
• Preconditions for Entrepreneurship
• The first company
• The first billion dollars
• In pursuit of the dream
• Changing the World
• I couldn’t choose not him

3. 1971
South Africa
Simple family
Science
Curious
Liked reading

4. stubborn
asked the
question: «Why?»
sold candies
Like a
caterpillar

5. Zip2
North America
worked 18
hours a day
$ 500 million
believed in
yourself

6. the youngest
billionaire
Convenient
Elon Musk and
Peter Thiel
Useful
Online
payments
Sold all his shares

7. «When something is
important enough, you
do it even if the odds
are not in your favor.»
© Elon Musk

8. SpaceX
To establish
the colony
a new generation
of rockets
The first commercial
space company

9. A desire to change
the world
SolarCiryTesla
Motors
Realized
the dream
The revolution
in understanding

10. When I was in college, I wanted
to be involved in things that
would change the world.
© Elon Musk

11. Develop
yourself
Not a magical way
A real superhero
live out a dream

12. «Dream about great things!»
© I, just now

13. «Dream about great things!»
© I, just now
Do you have any questions?

14. Thank for your
attention!

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