Before we go any further, let’s be clear on one thing: I’m a fan of Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk. It’s not because he’s both two years younger than me and, with a net worth of $2.7 billion, ranks 527th on Forbes’s 2013 list of ridiculously rich people. For that, I should hate him. I’m a fan because Musk did what I’m fairly certain that I wouldn’t have done, had I been handed a check for several hundred million at the age of 31 for inventing PayPal. Had it been me instead of him, I would have called my contribution to mankind complete and frittered away my remaining days on some island, with brief public appearances on the entry rosters for the Pebble Beach concours, the Mille Miglia Storica, the Reno air races, and wherever else money and vanity collide to spectacular effect. Instead, Musk threw his wealth and considerable intellect into an electric-car company. And he got into residential solar panels. And, as if those two activities are just something to divert the mind between crossword puzzles, he started SpaceX, the first private operation to successfully build and launch a rocket into orbit. READ MORE ››
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