Elon Musk 01 — 08
Two exits before
turning thirty-two.
Built a company
that lands rockets.
Then bought Twitter.
Portrait 02 — 08
Meet
Elon
Musk
Founder · CEO · Engineer
SpaceX
Founder, CEO & Chief Engineer
Queen’s University
Transfer
Two Years
UPenn · Wharton
B.A. & B.S.
Physics
Economics
03 — 08
A few highlights
The Road
Queen’s
University
Transfer
→
UPenn
Wharton
B.A. & B.S.
Physics + Econ
↓
Dropout
Two Days
←
Co‑Founder
Sold for $307M
↓
Co‑Founder
Sold for $1.5B
→
Founder
Est. 2002
↓
TESLA
CEO
Since 2008
←
Owner
Acquired 2022
04 — 08
The
Big Win
SpaceX
to  HAWTHORNE, CA
Falcon booster landings
0
Falcon Booster Landings
1st
Reusable Orbital Rocket
10x
Cost Reduction vs Legacy Aero
05 — 08
In late 2008, Tesla and SpaceX
both ran out of money.
He bet his last $20M.
06 — 08
Career
Recent Wins
Tesla
EV · Energy · Autonomy
—
Largest EV manufacturer on Earth
—
Over 8M vehicles delivered
—
Full Self-Driving beta deployed at scale
SpaceX
Starlink · Starship · Dragon
—
Starlink: 7,000+ satellites · global broadband
—
Starship under active development
› Designed for Mars transit
› Fully reusable orbital launch
—
Crew Dragon: NASA’s primary ISS taxi
Elon Musk
07 — 08
Age 12
Sold his first video game
for $500.
Meanwhile
Three citizenships:
South Africa, Canada, USA.
Right Now
Goal: make humanity
a multi-planetary species.
By nature
Audacious
Engineer
Polarizing
08 — 08
Ready for what's next
Elon Musk
elon@spacex.com
310.555.0001
linkedin.com/in/elonmusk
Founder · Engineer · CEO