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Elon Musk
An early authorized biography tracing Elon Musk from childhood in South Africa through PayPal to the risky founding and survival of Tesla and SpaceX.
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- First published
- 2015
- Pace
- Medium
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 392
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you are curious how a founder bet everything on electric cars and rockets.
Skip this if you want an up-to-date picture, since the book stops around 2015.
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- What is Elon Musk about?
- An early authorized biography tracing Elon Musk from childhood in South Africa through PayPal to the risky founding and survival of Tesla and SpaceX.
- Who should read Elon Musk?
- Read it if you are curious how a founder bet everything on electric cars and rockets. Skip it if you want an up-to-date picture, since the book stops around 2015.
- How long and how fast is Elon Musk?
- It is a medium-paced, medium read of about 392 pages, first published in 2015.
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- We have not noted any content warnings for this book yet.
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