From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies,
this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating
and controversial innovator of our era--a rule-breaking visionary
who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles,
private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and
took over Twitter. When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was
regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some
concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of
flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars
were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father,
an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist. His father's impact
on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet
vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings,
with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama,
an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous
and at times destructive. At the beginning of 2022--after a year
marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla
selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on
earth--Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas.
"I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which
it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my
life," he said. It was a wistful comment, not a New Year's
resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of
Twitter, the world's ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever
he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the
playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground. For two
years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his
factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family,
friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing
inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil,
that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also
what it takes to drive innovation and progress?
General
| Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Walter Isaacson
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 39mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
688 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-982181-28-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-982181-28-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781982181284 |
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