A boy was born in South Africa whose father was an engineer.
At 10, the introverted boy developed a deep interest in computers. But things at school weren't going well for him as he was constantly bullied.
One day, the bullies threw him down the stairs & beat him until he blacked out. And just after 2 days of admission in PhD at Stanford, he dropped out of university.
Just to try out his luck with the idea he had But later, he ended up getting kicked from the company he created himself (Paypal).
At that time, he started reading books to learn how to build rockets. While on his trip to Russia to buy a rocket to send to Mars. He realized that rockets were artificially overpriced.
So, he decided to start a company 'SpaceX' to build his own rockets with his own money.
In the meantime, he founded an electric car company called 'Tesla'.
He said, '' I put millions in SpaceX & Tesla & I had to borrow money for that".
But unfortunately his first 3 rocket launches failed & exploded causing a lose of millions.
Both his companies SpaceX & Tesla were running out of cash. But that didn't stop him!
The project that was so close to his heart barely escaped bankruptcy.
When his 4th launch finally succeeded. And hours before Tesla was about to close down, it received investmet.
Today Elon Musk is one of the Richest Tech billionaires with a net worth of 20.4 Billion.
Incredible Men,
Respeckt
A very nice motivational story.