Elon Musk: Biography of a Self-Made Visionary, Entrepreneur and Billionaire

My sister and I grew up with "electricity" as a common topic of discussion at home. Our father was an electrical engineer trained at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Copies of the magazine IEEE were always present on the coffee table. We moved to Houston in the late 1960s (when still in grade school), so our father could work on the first manned moon mission. Although we did not pursue careers in engineering, we came to appreciate it a great deal. I mention this because that background heightened my appreciation of, "Elon Musk: Biography of a Self-Made Visionary, Entrepreneur and Billionaire."The book is a slim volume, and I can imagine it being read aloud to an appreciative audience eager to learn about the unique and stellar career of Elon Musk. The book is easier to absorb and understand than other more intense biographies with extensive footnotes. It is unpretentious and a very positive presentation about Elon and his life.B Storm notes, "Some of Elon Musk's ideas were once only thought of as concepts in the world of science fiction, but with the right blend of determination, enthusiasm, and hard work, he was able to prove that his visions could become reality." Clearly, his entrepreneurial spirit and unquenchable drive to make the impossible possible set Elon Musk apart. Zip2, PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla Motors, SolarCity and Hyperloop are each thoughtfully discussed, as are Elon Musk's youth and personal experiences.I was inspired when I read, "Musk's ventures all revolve around one theme, and that is to improve the world and change the way we live with the help of technological innovations. A lot of people are too focused on making money and creating a name for themselves, and while that is not entirely a bad thing, Musk's visions are more than that."I can imagine this book being the basis for a documentary film. Something to consider, perhaps!

This book might be a good introduction about Elon Musk's life but it seams too superficial. I was waiting a good bunch of information about Musk but I got a few introductions about.I recommend this book to who has never seen Musk before and wants to get a good introduction.

The subject is fascinating. I have read other accounts of Musk's life. This particular version is okay, but not really great. If you, like me, are looking for what makes this guy so stand out notable, other accounts of his life are more illuminating.

A good synopsis of Musk’s life and achievements. Could do with copy editing but overall gives interesting lessons and excerpts from his life.

This read did not feel professionally done and was very short. I was a little surprised. Maybe I was expecting more, but can't really complain about the price...$.99. I will be more careful in the future, though, before spending even this small amount.

This is only slightly better than the other pamphlet Amazon is selling as a "book" about Elon Musk. These are just self-published cheap little gatherings of information from wikipedia and other internet sources. However, unlike wikipedia, there are NO REFERENCES of any kind. There is also no author information (who is "B Storm" anyway?), there's no publisher, and the pamphlet clearly was not professionally copy edited. It's literally less than 1/4" thick -- 70 pages of large font text in a small (4.5" x 7") format -- in other words, not much content. If this is a student's book report made into a self-published book then kudos to them for their initiative -- it's a cute idea. But Amazon should be providing a warning to people before it sells them in a venue that makes people think it's a regular book.

Elon Musk is one of my new favorites in the tech industry simply because he thinks beyond Internet services and really strives to break the innovation barrier. While it doesn't mention Elon's moonshot projects like the Hyperloop, it pretty much traces Elon's history, highlights his key humble moments and explains why he's such an inspiring innovator and visionary. Truly a remarkable man and this book highlights his greatness nicely. His Wikipedia entry highlights that too but the book is told is a more story fashion making it more engaging to read.

Is not that bad...buuuut in my opinion there is missing much more details about how he met key people and who were they, and how he got through key situations... Much more things to know about him.

I bought this book because I love Elon Musk. He is the inspiration to new generation of entrepreneurs just like Steve Jobs was before him. It was fascinating to read about how he moved from one project to another and made all of them successful against all the odds. And there was a time when he was close to bankruptcy. But the man didn’t give up. The only reason I am giving it four stars is because I think a biography needs to be much more detailed. This book is only about 80 pages long and while it tells you all the highlights of Elon Musk’s life, there is just not enough details about what was going on at the backend. It’s like a journalistic study of Elon Musk’s journey.

Book arrived without any problems. But I was a bit surprised the book was very thin. Poor cover design and written language. Found some misspelling. This little book, gives the reader a lot of facts, but does not present it in an interesting way. It tells a lot about what Elon Musk achieved and did in his career. But not really who and what kind of person he was. What made him the man he is today as we know him. Why does he do so many extraordinary things? What were his experience and how did his surroundings he grew up in, form his personality? Compared to Steve Jobs biography written by Walter Isaacson, this book shouldn't even be published in the first place, this bad...Good enough for Wikipedia though.

good book

Flawed printing and surprisingly slim. The lightweight format is matched by lightweight content. You get a better impression of the man in a typical magazine or newspaper profile. Arguably the book might serve as a quick introduction for people who do not know much about the subject, but fans of the subject will know it all already, for everyone else having a quick Google is significantly cheaper and doesn't take a day to arrive.

The book was okay, I was expecting to get a better insight on how EM does actually business, what's his strategy was through the years, how he approached investors (at least some advises at a high level), etc. It was also too short and I would have preferred to read all these online and not buy this book.