Elon Musk is an inspirational role model for young entrepreneurs, breaking boundaries and revolutionising the tech-world. He is also the real-life inspiration for theIron Manseries of films, starring Robert Downey Junior. From his humble beginnings in apartheid South Africa, he showed himself to be an exceptionally bright child, and overcame brutal bullying to become the worlds most exciting entrepreneur, founding PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla and Solar City.
He has emerged as something of a superhero-like figure for todays generation of children. Hes not only seen as an entrepreneur in the spirit of a Steve Jobs but as an inventor and bold thinker. Hes the guy offering children the possibility of a brighter, more exciting future and has come to symbolize innovation and optimism.
Ashlee Vance is one of the most prominent writers on technology today. After spending several years reporting on Silicon Valley and technology for theNew York Times, Vance went toBloombergBusinessweek, where he has written dozens of cover and feature stories for the magazine on topics ranging from cyber espionage to DNA sequencing and space exploration.
