The Risk Taker Elon Musk

First Videogame

Sep 24, 1983

Age 12: He creates and writes a video game called Blastar; sells it for the equivalent of $500. He shows that he has hope seeings as he says that we wants to attend a great university and wishes to change the future. (HOPE FILLED)

University of Pennsylvania

May 7, 1988

1988: University of Pennsylvania. His commitment to his work allowed him to arrive to this prestigious university. His hard work paid off.

Staford University

Aug 12, 1995

1995: Redoes college in Stanford University in order to be able to achieve his long term goals. He shows persestince as he showed that he is willing to work extremely hard to achieve his goal. He shows that he is realistic as he knows that attending the best college will lead to success.

Zip2

Dec 13, 1999

1999: Creates and sells Zip2 to Compaq, for 307 million, which 22 million went directly to him. He shows he is a leader seeing as he creates an important company while still in college.

PayPal

Sep 21, 2002

2002: Creates and sells Paypal to eBay for $1.5 billion in stock, $165 million directly to him. Shows that he can think big and creatively seeing as he invents a new machine that facilitates the lives of millions.

SpaceX

Dec 3, 2002

2002: Founds SpaceX, is a private company that travels to space and helps NASA. Musk created this company in order to help the future of the world and to migrate in the future. Musk's goal is to die in a planet that is not called planet earth.

Tesla Motors

Oct 22, 2004

2004: Invests in Tesla Motors, shows a lot of risk seeing as he is risking his fortune in order to create cars that will help the world. His cars are fully electroninc and improve the CO2 emmission in the world.

CEO of Tesla Motors

Jun 7, 2008

2008: Become’s Tesla’s CEO and shows that his hard work paid off. Four years ago he had chosen to invest in this company while taking a risk, the risk is now rewarded. He will be able to help the world.