Elon Musk Time magazine named 2021 Person of the Year.
Time’s editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal announced the news, tweeting: ‘Person of the Year is a marker of impact, and few individuals have had a greater impact on life on Earth than @elonmusk, and potentially on Earth as well’ life’.
Felsenthal said Elon Musk is Time’s 2021 Person of the Year for driving the existential crisis, embodying the possibilities and dangers of the era of tech giants, driving society’s most daring and disruptive changes. ,
The annual honor comes a year after the world’s richest man shared his Asperger’s diagnosis by selling his wealth, launching rockets into space, inventing new driverless cars, hosting events, and more. saturday night live And this year he influenced the stock market with his tweet in many other headlines.
Musk began dating Grimes in 2018 after confirming their relationship on the Met Gala red carpet. The couple welcomed their first child and Musk’s seventh child in May 2020.
But in September the couple announced they were “quasi-separating” with Grimes, who lives in Los Angeles, as Musk moved his personal and company headquarters to Texas.
‘We weren’t seeing each other as much, and I think it’s somewhat of a long-term thing, because all he has to do is mostly in LA or Touring, and my work is mostly in such remote places. . I have,’ he told Time magazine.
Elon Musk has been named Time Magazine’s 2021 Person of the Year
The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is currently the richest person in the world with a net worth of $265.4B. Is
Musk and Grimes walked the carpet at the 2018 Met Gala together (left) to make their public debut, but this year Grimes walked the Met Gala alone (right) and shared his semi-split mate before committing publicly. Musk announced.
The billionaire welcomed his seventh child X AE A-Xii with Grimes in May 2020
Musk shared that he has no new girlfriend and that he and Grimes remain good friends as they co-parent their child X AE A-Xii.
‘This place is basically like a technical monastery, you know. There are some women here, but not many. And it is remote.’
One of the reasons Musk moved to the Lone Stare state appeared to be his disapproval of California’s strict COVID mandate. Confirming that he and his eligible children have been vaccinated, Musk downplayed the severity of the deadly virus and broke rules to keep his plants open during the pandemic.
He believes in vaccines saying ‘the science is clear’ but he does not accept the vaccine mandate.
Speaking of the illiterate, ‘You are taking a risk, but people do risky things all the time, but they still believe that vaccination should be a personal choice.
“I believe we need to keep an eye on the erosion of freedom in America,” he said.
While still fighting for freedom in America and working to make Earth more sustainable, Musk still has his sights set on Mars.
‘And the next really big thing is to build a self-sustaining city on Mars and bring Earth’s animals and creatures there. Like a futuristic Noah’s ark. We’ll bring more than two, though—it’s a little weird if there are only two.’
He is also watching the Moon as he plans to touch down in the next three years.
He said, ‘I think we can make one revolution around the moon by 2023.’
And going to Mars is not far in his mind either. “I’d be surprised if we don’t land on Mars within five years,” he said.
As of Monday, Musk has a net worth of $265.4 billion.
Tesla and SpaceX The CEO made history several times this year, including with SpaceX’s first all-civilian crew in September. Aerospace company also wins $3 billion contract with NASA – sparked controversy with fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos,
Tesla announced its plans to build a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence in 2022 and struck a deal with Hertz and Uber to make 100,000 Teslas available for rent.
The partnership sent Tesla’s stock to shoot up, bringing the CEO’s net worth to $302 billion, making him the first person to be worth more than $300 billion and wealthier than some countries.
This year, Musk began backing bitcoin and influenced its price in the stock market, pushing it into the mainstream.
SpaceX made several historic launches this year, including the world’s first all-civilian crew (Picture: Musk, aged 24, at his computer in 1995)
Musk recently started selling billions of dollars of his stock in Tesla
Musk moved SpaceX headquarters to Boca Chica, Texas where he now lives full-time
Musk is constantly keeping the world updated with his plans and quirky ideas by posting quirky Twitter rants to his 65.8 million followers. Earlier this year, the billionaire tweeted: ‘I am selling almost all physical assets. You will have no house of your own.
He followed through with his vow. Earlier this month, Musk sold his “last remaining home” and his Silicon Valley estate for $30 million.
Musk now lives in a $50,000 rented home near his Space Exploration Technologies Corp Starbase rocket manufacturing plant in Boca Chica, Texas, where he moved last year.
‘My primary home is literally a ~$50k house in Boca Chica/Starbase that I rent from SpaceX. This is awesome though,’ Musk tweeted.
His most recent viral tweet was posted on December 9, when the mogul said that he is looking to quit his job and become an influencer.
It came after Musk, the world’s richest man, sold 934,091 shares in electric vehicle maker Tesla, worth nearly $1 billion.
‘Was thinking about quitting my job and becoming a full-time influencer’ [what do you think]Musk said in a tweet without elaborating.
It was not immediately clear whether Musk, a prolific user of the social media platform, was serious about quitting his job.
Musk, who is also the founder and CEO of rocket company SpaceX, said during a conference call in January that he expected to be Tesla’s CEO for “many years.”
Last month, he asked his followers on Twitter whether he should sell his 10 percent stake in the electric-car maker, to which the majority agreed. Since then he has sold shares worth about $12 billion.
A US securities filing published on December 9 revealed that Musk has sold 934,091 shares of the electric vehicle maker, valued at $963.2 million.
According to the filing, he also exercised stock options to buy 2.17 million shares of Tesla.
On December 2, he sold another 934,091 shares of the electric vehicle maker, valued at $1.01 billion, to meet his tax obligations related to the exercise of options to buy 2.1 million shares.
A US securities filing last month revealed that they had already sold $930 million in shares to meet tax withholding obligations related to the exercise of stock options.
Musk sold 934,091 shares on November 15, after exercising his options to buy $2.1 billion of stock. The sale was “only to meet the reporting person’s tax withholding obligations relating to the exercise of stock options,” the filing said.
In a flurry of sales six trading days ago, Musk sold Tesla’s stock for a total of $7.8 billion, and not all sales cited tax withholding requirements.
Musk’s recent purge of his Tesla shares comes after whistleblowers said they misled buyers and undermined safety with the Autopilot driving system, which has previously been blamed for fatal crashes.
Former activists have come forward with allegations that the world’s second-richest man contributed to the autopilot system’s death risk because Musk’s desire was to only use cameras and ditch sensors.
At least 10 people have been killed in eight crashes on Tesla’s Autopilot since 2016, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Agency report.
Musk told TIME, “It has always been our intention with Tesla that we will serve as an example to the car industry, and hope that they will also build electric cars so that we can accelerate the transition to sustainable energy.” can do.” Said days after news of the whistleblower’s allegations. broke.