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 worldโs 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 ๐
- 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 โitโs impossible๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ
- 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 himโฆ
Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime.
Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI.
History wonโt remember the people who said it couldnโt be done.
It will remember the people who did it anyway.
Congratulations Elon.
The first trillionaire. ๐
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๐ผ Those rich men north of Richmond,
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I knew from the very first note that there was ๐ผ Help On The Way ๐ถ โฆ and that my life would never be the same! ๐๐น
@WilliamCla28160@StealYourDonut Amen! My first Dead show was the next night 5/9/1977 at the majestic Buffalo War Memorial Auditorium โฆ the 2nd Greatest Show Ever!
I knew from the very first note that there was ๐ผ Help On The Way ๐ถ โฆ and that my life would never be the same! ๐๐น
@StealYourDonut Amen! My first Dead show was the next night 5/9/1977 at the majestic Buffalo War Memorial Auditorium โฆ the 2nd Greatest Show Ever!
I knew from the very first note that there was ๐ผ Help On The Way ๐ถ โฆ and that my life would never be the same! ๐๐น
@SouthBuffalo22@GratefulDead Amen! My first Dead show was the next night 5/9/1977 at the majestic Buffalo War Memorial Auditorium.
I knew from the very first note that there was ๐ผ Help On The Way ๐ถ โฆ and that my life would never be the same! ๐๐น
@MrWhiplash_ โThe Reckoningโ. Lock ALL the DemoSocialist Anarchists up. They can hold the next DNC Convention in the Chow Hall at USP Supermax Prison in Florence, Colorado!
@WendyRogersAZ โThe Reckoningโ. Lock ALL the DemoSocialist Anarchists up. They can hold the next DNC Convention in the Chow Hall at USP Supermax Prison in Florence, Colorado!