Libraries of Outstanding People: Elon Musk

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

We continue the section "Libraries of Outstanding People", in which we talk about our favorite books by interesting personalities. This article contains a list of Elon Musk's favorite books and a few facts about how he relates to reading.

The world never ceases to admire Musk's activities. Perhaps he is one of the few people who managed to reach great heights in various fields of activity. In 2002, he sold PayPal to eBay. Then he organized SpaceX, which is one of only two private companies in the world that launches rockets into space. And don't forget Tesla, the first ever popular EV series.

Musk has always loved books:

As a child, I was a bookworm. Coming to school, I tried not to be seen by people and read everything I could reach: books, comics, magazines. At one point the books ended and I started reading encyclopedias.

According to Elon's friends, books played a certain role in his desire to change the world. As a child, he most of all loved "The Lord of the Rings" and the cycle of Isaac Asimov's novels "Foundation". He admired the main characters of the books, who did everything in order to make the world a better place.

It's strange to hear this from the CEOs of two huge corporations, but Musk never read a single time management book, considering them a waste of time. He tells quite a lot about his life in. We advise you to subscribe.

In an interview with Musk, he likes to read biographies of prominent people. Therefore, there will be enough of them on the list.

Favorite books by Elon Musk

1. The Life of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin.
2. Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age, W. Bernard Carlson.
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
4. The Lord of the Rings by John Tolkien.
5. A series of novels "Foundation", Isaac Asimov.
6. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein.
7. A Brief History of Almost Everything by Bill Bryson.
8. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.
9. Ignition! An informal history of liquid rocket propellants, John D. Clark.