Is Musk the real-life Iron Man? What future technology companies has he founded?

When I watched the Iron Man movie for the first time, I was stunned by Iron Man's temperament and imagination. It can be said that Iron Man is the image of a technology expert in my mind. If there is anyone in the real world who is like Iron Man, I think Musk should be the most convincing one.

Musk was born in South Africa on June 28, 1971, and immigrated to Canada when he was 18 years old. Musk is currently the co-founder of PayPal (the largest online payment company) and the CEO of three companies, namely Spacex space exploration technology company, environmentally friendly sports car company Tesla (Tesla) and SolarCity.

Tesla was founded on July 1, 2003. It was not founded by Musk at first. Musk controlled Tesla through continuous equity acquisitions.

From 2004 to 2006, although the number of Tesla employees increased from 20 to 150.

In October 2008, the first batch of Tesla Roadster rolled off the assembly line and began delivery.

Tesla’s development has not been smooth sailing. Tesla once faced a cash flow crisis. Musk impressed Daimler with his advanced technology, and the latter eventually invested $70 million to acquire Tesla 10 shares. Afterwards, Musk spent US$60 million of all his property out of his own pocket for working capital for Tesla's production and engineering.

Tesla was listed on Nasdaq in June 2010, raising US$226 million.

In 2012, Tesla released one of its key models, the Model S. As soon as this car was launched, its sales surpassed traditional luxury cars such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW in the first quarter of 2013, and won the The best-selling luxury car (over US$70,000) in North America. For a period when ordinary people don’t know what electric vehicles are, such achievements are undoubtedly very eye-catching.

In September 2015, Tesla began delivering its third car product, the Model X luxury pure electric SUV

On October 17, 2018, Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory opened in Lingang Substantial implementation in the region. Tesla's settlement in China has greatly increased Tesla's shipment speed, and the cost has also increased

According to Forbes calculations, Musk has become the fifth richest person with a net worth of more than 100 billion U.S. dollars. As Tesla continues to develop, who knows where he will be.

In addition to Tesla cars, which have skyrocketed Musk's net worth, in recent years, Musk has received the most attention for his plan to colonize Mars. This plan was bold and avant-garde, but until Musk sent rockets into space again and again, people realized that this plan was not impossible in Musk's hands.

Initially, on September 1, 2016, the Falcon 9 rocket exploded before launch, which dealt a huge blow to this ambitious startup. SpaceX had to stop all space flight projects and try to find out the cause of the accident.

Until 3:22 a.m. on May 31, 2020, SpaceX sent two astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time. This time, Musk completely shocked the world. He became a new generation of technology after Steve Jobs. Idol.

The road to sending humans to live on Mars seems so absurd, but Musk once said: "Sometimes, what I believe in is so important that even if I fail, I have to do it." Do it.”

Musk’s latest technology demonstration that shocked the world was on August 29 when he brought in the “Three Little Pigs” to show the world a surgical device that can actually operate a brain-computer interface.

Neuralink was founded by Musk and eight other co-founders. The original idea was to help humans fight memory loss and treat diseases such as Parkinson’s. If this technology is realized, it will truly benefit All mankind.

Of course, this technology has been questioned a lot. People questioned Musk from the aspects of body rejection, ethics, technical difficulty, and even questioned his exaggerated publicity for the launch. But he is Musk, a technology icon, and who can say that he will definitely fail.