The first trillionaire in human history
- Elon Musk
- Born in South Africa
- Bullied relentlessly as a kid
- Immigrated to North America
- Arrived with a backpack and a dream
- Built Zip2 with his brother
- Sold it 4 years later for $300 million
- Co-founded PayPal with the profits
- Revolutionised digital payments
- Sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion
- Bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX
- Got mocked for electric cars
- Got laughed at for reusable rockets
- Nearly went bankrupt in 2008
- Kept building anyway
- Turned Tesla into the world’s most valuable automaker
- Made EVs mainstream and transformed the automotive industry
- Made reusable rockets a reality
- Reduced the cost of reaching space by 95%
- Sparked the modern commercial space race
- Built Starlink and connected millions around the world to high-speed internet
- Turned SpaceX into the most valuable private company in history
- Bought Twitter for $44 billion
- The world said he overpaid
- He was called reckless, stupid & crazy
- Advertisers fled, media declared it dead
- Critics called it the worst acquisition in tech history
- Renamed it 𝕏
- Rebuilt the platform anyway
- Turned it into one of the most influential platforms on Earth
- Launched xAI and accelerated the global AI race
- Sent astronauts to space
- Is trying to get humans to mars
- Created millions of jobs
- Generated hundreds of billions in value
- Inspired an entire generation of builders
Before:
- Failed repeatedly
- Worked insane hours
- Slept in factories and offices
- Got bullied, laughed at and mocked
- Constantly told “it’s impossible”
- Kept building anyway
- Made it possible
Today:
- Richest person on Earth
- First trillionaire in human history
- Largest IPO in history $1.77 trillion
Most people quit when the world laughs at them.
Elon Musk built the future instead.
Love him or hate him…
Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime.
Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI.
History won’t remember the people who said it couldn’t be done.
It will remember the people who did it anyway.
Congratulations Elon.
The first trillionaire. 🚀
@fettpet@IAPolls2022 It's the boomers... I don't know anyone that likes him except for them. In November I'm skipping over his race when I vote. Idc I'm not voting for him.
So what if Jesse and Ashley Ridgway get pregnant again, and there are health issues that don't show up in a blood test, or ultrasound?
What if their baby is born with challenges that they weren't expecting?
Will they ask for compassion when they decide that they need to terminate the life of their baby, because it's compassionate for the child?
What if their child gets sick or injured (God forbid), and they end up needing lifelong assisted care or medication?
They're saying the right thing to do would be to end their life at that point, too.
If the argument for ending a life is because it's cruel to allow a person to live with abnormalities - where do we draw the line?
It's actually scary that the Ridgway's and so many young people have grown up in this death culture, and have been led to believe that being pro-murder is actually moral.
It's what makes you a good person.
We are cooked.
My older brother was born with cerebral palsy.
My mother almost died giving birth to him.
Half his body doesn’t work. He can’t even grasp a fork with one hand. He wears out shoes every few months from dragging one leg.
And yet I will never forget the night my younger brother spiraled into depression, seriously questioning whether life was still worth living. It was my older brother, through tears and sobbing, who pleaded with him to see the good still waiting.
I remember how he described the little joys of life in ways I had never considered. He noticed beauty I had walked right past. Through his eyes, life felt richer and fuller.
I am grateful for his perspective every day and infinitely grateful he is alive.
Because in a body that fights him at every turn, he still chose to become the light for someone else. And that choice didn’t just save my brother.
He taught us what it really means to live.
He’s living proof that everyBODY, no matter how broken, deserves the chance to love this life and find its quiet joys.
HORRIBLE ENDORSEMENT:
She's the biggest establishment Republican in the race. And on top of that, she's not even from South Carolina — she's from Ohio.
She did nothing to help with redistricting when it mattered. The @SCFreedomCaucus and
@RalphNorman introduced a bill in January!
DO NOT VOTE for DEI Pam.
While Karen Bass is worried about getting meth-heads new grills, the LAFD has 3 dozen LESS firefighters than we had when the Palisades Fire hit. Folks, you need to vote like your life depends on it, because it does.
🚨BREAKING: South Carolina House PASSES Redistricting resolution!
This allows Special Session to draw new 7-0 Republican map eliminating Jim Clyburn’s unconstitutional race-based district.
Now to the Senate BUT opposition is mounting.
🚨Call. Share. Email. Repeat.
So you’re telling me you’ve arrested more American soldiers involved in capturing Maduro than people on the Epstein list, or politicians who somehow magically became better investors than Warren Buffett the second they took office?
Wild priorities.
@fandompulse My granddaughter isn't old enough to read yet although we probably will pick up some of the books. She watches Redwall on the brave+ app and loves the cartoon.