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Who is Elon Musk and what drives him?

The richest man on the planet, Elon Musk, used Tesla and SpaceX to revolutionise cars and rockets. Now, this restless entrepreneur has his eyes on other global problems. But who is Elon Musk and what drives him?

00:00 - Who is Elon Musk?
00:58 - How did we get here?
01:54 - What are his successes?
04:56 - What are his failures?
07:21 - What does the future look like?

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The Musk-Zuckerberg social-media smackdown: https://econ.st/44UYhB1

Elon Musk, Twitter and an epic case of buyer’s remorse: https://econ.st/44P0Lkm

Elon Musk is taking Twitter’s “public square” private: https://econ.st/3OqLLnd

Elon Musk’s challenge to management thinking: https://econ.st/3Y7UXAs

How SpaceX set off a new race to commercialise space: https://econ.st/3DpnAzx

Despite an explosion, Elon Musk is closer to his new space age: https://econ.st/46YLzmt

Can Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites bankroll a base on Mars?: https://econ.st/3O7tjP5

Elon Musk’s foray into geopolitics has Ukraine worried: https://econ.st/44Dy0Ya

The cult of an Elon Musk or a Jack Ma has its perks—but also perils: https://econ.st/3pYk0t1

1843: The Musk superfans who want to live on Mars with Elon: https://econ.st/3Y1A6yF

Listen: Meta’s Threads app has better odds of usurping Twitter than previous clones had: https://econ.st/43CdKVC

Listen: How Elon Musk’s Starlink has changed warfare: https://econ.st/3Qdb4KS

Listen: “No one has ever had a very good time being the boss of it”—Musk and Twitter: https://econ.st/3pSjxIU
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