Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future



伊隆·马斯克（Elon Musk，1971年6月28日－），出生於南非的企業家，拥有加拿大和美國双国籍。马斯克因身為SpaceX創辦人，以及特斯拉汽車和PayPal（原X.com）的聯合創辦人而闻名。目前，马斯克擔任Space X的執行長兼首席设计师、特斯拉汽車執行長兼产品架构师、以及SolarCity的主席；于此同时，他还是现代第一辆可行电动车-Tesla Roadster的联合设计者之一。

In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs - a real-life Tony Stark - and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new makers.

Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who sold one of his Internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius' life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits.

Vance uses Musk's story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: Can the nation of inventors and creators who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition? He argues that Musk - one of the most unusual and striking figures in American business history - is a contemporary, visionary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists, including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs. More than any other entrepreneur today, Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inventing a future that is as rich and far reaching as the visionaries of the golden age of science-fiction fantasy.