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03183aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 91561C16664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221117010035 008 220714s2022 sa 001 0beng 020 $a 1776191617 020 $a 9781776191611 035 $a (OCoLC)1335750655 040 $a X$@ $b eng $e rda $c X$@ $d X$@ $d Z@L $d OCLCF $d Z@L $d NX@ $d CNCAR $d NUI $d SILO 050 4 $a HC102.5.M88 $b V55 2022 082 04 $a 338.092 $2 23/eng20220728 100 1 $a Vlismas, Michael, $e author. 245 10 $a Elon Musk : $b risking it all / $c Michael Vlismas. 264 1 $a Johannesburg : $b Jonathan Ball Publishers, $c [2022] 300 $a 244 pages ; $c 23 cm 530 $a Also issued in electronic format. 520 $a "In 2022 Elon Musk - one of the richest and best-known people on earth - made headlines worldwide with his bid to buy Twitter, and he is often in the news for his entrepreneurial exploits and his controversial tweets. Who is this boundary-pushing billionaire with grand plans of inhabiting Mars, and what lies at the heart of his vision? Why is he so utterly unafraid of risk? As an awkward Pretoria schoolboy who loved comics and science fiction, Musk's early years and singular family background were crucial in forming his stellar ambitions. Journalist and author Michael Vlismas, who attended the same high school as Musk, knows well the environment that shaped him and offers new insights into Musk's development, including his troubled relationship with his father. Tracing his remarkable life, from his South African childhood to his move to Canada at 17 and then to the US - where Musk made millions out of PayPal and built Tesla and SpaceX into two of the world's most famous companies - this is the revealing new story of a man driven to preserve the optimism he sees in humanity and find a future for humans 'out there among the stars'"-- $c Amazon. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-239) and index. 505 0 $a Part one: A strange child -- A family of pioneers -- Don't panic -- Broken home -- Educating Elon -- Broken bones -- Part two: Canada calling -- The American dream -- Part three: Zip2 -- Paypal -- Part four: The break-ups -- Part five: Ad astra -- Sputnik and the space race -- SpaceX -- Falcon 1 -- Musk's christmas miracle -- Tesla -- The space barons -- Is Elok Musk boring? -- Part six: The cult of Elon Musk -- His future among the stars. 600 10 $a Musk, Elon. 600 17 $a Musk, Elon. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01915600 650 0 $a Businesspeople $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Businesspeople $z South Africa $v Biography. 650 0 $a Billionaires $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Billionaires $z South Africa $v Biography. 650 7 $a Billionaires. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00831810 650 7 $a Businesspeople. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00842980 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117011748.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=91561C16664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search