Ashlee Vance: Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Readers' Edition (2017)
English language
Published Jan. 24, 2017
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future is Ashlee Vance's biography of Elon Musk, published in 2015. The book traces Elon Musk's life from his childhood up to the time he spent at Zip2 and PayPal, and then onto SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. In the book, Vance managed to get regular interviews with Musk, those close to him, and those who were with him at the most important points of his life; Musk had no control over the biography's contents.
History, anecdotes, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. Having Musk be on the world stage and the scope of his enterprises is a huge inspiration to do big things.
Fascinating guy, well-written bio. Sometimes reads a little worshipful with obligatory bad character bits included and explained away in the same breath. I think I feel the same way as Ashlee Vance - I don't want to work for the guy (but I'm sure he doesn't want me working for him either); and I so dearly want him to succeed in all of his endeavors that I'm willing to forgive a lot.
