斯隆·馬斯克：不只是天才、不只是傳奇、是神一般的存在
敢想非凡之人之不敢想，敢做非凡之人不敢做，且能做到極致。
他的事業，真正是在這個宇宙留下印記，不只是一件，而是不同領域的幾件，如互聯網的線上支付、再生能源的電動汽車和太陽能系統、太空領域的火箭發射等。
他的才能從技術、到管理都有其非凡之處，其驚人的學習能力和非凡的經歷令人歎人觀止。
它就是Paypal、SpaceX、Tesla、SolarCity的(聯合)創始人，Elon Musk。
1971出生於南非，10歲開始自學程式設計，12歲成功設計出一個名叫“Blastar”的遊戲並出售給一本雜誌供應商，17歲獨自一人從南非去了加拿大，92年轉學到了美國的University of Pennsylvania，24歲獲得得雙碩士學位。不滿40歲時，分別在互聯網、清潔能源和太空三個領域取得可以載入史冊神跡。
In 1995, Musk and his brother, Kimbal, started Zip2, a web software company, with US$28,000 of their father's money. The company developed and marketed an Internet "city guide" for the newspaper publishing industry. Musk obtained contracts with The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune and persuaded the board of directors to abandon plans for a merger with CitySearch. While at Zip2, Musk wanted to become CEO; however, none of the board members would allow it.Compaq acquired Zip2 for US$307million in cash and US$34million in stock options in February 1999. Musk received 7% or US$22 million from the sale.
1995年，Musk和他的弟弟創立了一家網路軟體公司，為報紙出版業提供一種互聯網“城市指南”，最後公司出售，Musk收入2200萬美元。
2 X.com and PayPalIn March 1999, Musk co-founded X.com, an online financial services and e-mail payment company, with US$10million from the sale of Zip2. One year later, the company merged with Confinity, which had a money transfer service called PayPal. The merged company focused on the PayPal service and was renamed PayPal in 2001. PayPal's early growth was driven mainly by a viral marketing campaign where new customers were recruited when they received money through the service. Musk was ousted in October 2000 from his role as CEO (although he remained on the board) due to disagreements with other company leadership, notably over his desire to move PayPal's Unix-based infrastructure to Microsoft Windows. In October 2002, PayPal was acquired by eBay for US$1.5 billion in stock, of which Musk received US$165million. Before its sale, Musk, who was the company's largest shareholder, owned 11.7% of PayPal's shares.
1999年Musk聯合創建X.com，一家線上金融服務和電子郵件支付公司。一年後，與康菲尼迪合併並命名為PayPal（貝寶），以網路線上轉帳為核心業務。2002年，PayPay被eBay收購，Musk收入1.65億美元。
3 SpaceXWith US$100million of his early fortune, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, in May 2002. SpaceX develops and manufactures space launch vehicles with a focus on advancing the state of rocket technology. The company's first two launch vehicles are the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 rockets (a nod to Star Wars' Millennium Falcon), and its first spacecraft is the Dragon (a nod to Puff the Magic Dragon). In seven years, SpaceX designed the family of Falcon launch vehicles and the Dragon multipurpose spacecraft. In September 2008, SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket became the first privately funded liquid-fueled vehicle to put a satellite into Earth orbit. On May 25, 2012, the SpaceX Dragon vehicle berthed with the ISS, making history as the first commercial company to launch and berth a vehicle to the International Space Station.
2002年，Musk創建SpaceX，生產製造太空發射運載火箭 - 獵鷹系列（經歷三次失敗後，2008年終於發射成功）和航天器 - 龍飛船（2012年首次為國際空間站運送物資）。
Musk's goal is to reduce the cost of human spaceflight by a factor of 10. In a 2011 interview, he said he hopes to send humans to Mars' surface within 10–20 years. In Ashlee Vance's biography, Musk stated that he wants to establish a Mars colony by 2040, with a population of 80,000.
Musk的目標是降低載人航天器的成本至現在的十分之一，10-20年後載人去火星，到2040年在火星建立一個大約8萬人的基地。
4 TeslaTesla Inc. (originally Tesla Motors) was incorporated in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, who financed the company until the Series A round of funding.
Musk led the Series A round of investment in February 2004, joining Tesla's board of directors as its chairman. Musk took an active role within the company and oversaw Roadster product design at a detailed level, but was not deeply involved in day-to-day business operations.
Following the financial crisis in 2008, Musk assumed leadership of the company as CEO and product architect, positions he still holds today. Tesla Motors first built an electric sports car, the Tesla Roadster in 2008, with sales of about 2,500 vehicles to 31 countries. Tesla began delivery of its four-door Model S sedan on June 22, 2012. It unveiled its third product, the Model X, aimed at the SUV/minivan market, on February 9, 2012; the Model X launch was however delayed until September 2015. In addition to its own cars, Tesla sells electric powertrain systems to Daimler for the Smart EV, Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive and Mercedes A Class and to Toyota for the RAV4 EV. Musk was able to bring in both companies as long-term investors in Tesla.
2004年，Musk成了Tesla第一投資人，開始領導公司生產電動汽車Roadster，歷經技術、成本、資金等多方面的巨大困難，
Musk provided the initial concept and financial capital for SolarCity, which was then co-founded in 2006 by his cousins Lyndon and Peter Rive. Musk remains the largest shareholder. SolarCity is now the second largest provider of solar power systems in the United States.
The underlying motivation for funding both SolarCity and Tesla is to help combat global warming. In 2012, Musk announced that SolarCity and Tesla are collaborating to use electric vehicle batteries to smooth the impact of rooftop solar on the power grid, with the program going live in 2013.
On June 17, 2014, Musk committed to building in Buffalo, New York, a SolarCity advanced production facility that would triple the size of the largest solar plant in the United States. Musk stated the plant will be "one of the single largest solar panel production plants in the world", and it will be followed by one or more even bigger facilities in subsequent years.
2006年，Musk聯合創建SolarCity，現在是該公司的最大股東，SolarCity目前也是美國第二大太陽能系統供應商。Musk的目標是通過大力發展綠色能源應對全球變暖。
Musk met his first wife, Canadian author Justine Wilson, while both were students at Ontario's Queen's University. They married in 2000 and separated in 2008, after having six sons.
In 2008, Musk began dating English actress Talulah Riley, and in 2010, the couple married. In January 2012, Musk announced that he had ended his four-year relationship with Riley,tweeting to Riley, "It was an amazing four years. I will love you forever. You will make someone very happy one day." However, in July 2013, Musk and Riley remarried. In December 2014, Musk filed for a second divorce from Riley; however the action was withdrawn. It was announced in March 2016 that divorce proceedings were again under way, this time with Riley filing for divorce from Musk. The divorce was finalized in October 2016.
Musk的第一段婚姻是加拿大作家Justine Wilson，兩人都是Ontario's Queen's University的學生，從2000年到2008年，育有6個孩子。
2008年，Musk開始和英國演員Riley約會，2010年結婚，2012年離婚，2013年重婚，2014年Musk提出離婚，直到2016年Riley提出離婚雙方結束婚姻關係。
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2016年9月22日，彭博全球50大最具影響力人物排行榜，埃隆·馬斯克排第11名。
排在他前面的十位分別是：
No.1——英國首相Theresa May
No.2——美國共和黨總統候選人特朗普（Donald Trump）
No.3——美國民主黨總統候選人希拉蕊（Hillary Clinton）
No.4——中國國家主席習近平
No.5——亞馬遜創始人兼CEO Jeff Bezos
No.6——德國總理默克爾（Angela Merkel）
No.7——歐洲央行行長德拉吉（Mario Draghi）
No.8——美聯儲主席耶倫（Janet Yellen）
No.9——巴菲特（Warren Buffett）
No.10——巴西聯邦法官Sérgio Moro