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Elon Musk
- The Biography of a Modern Genius and Business Titan
- Narrated by: John York
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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Elon Musk is a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, investor, engineer, and inventor. He is the founder, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla Inc.; co-founder and chairman of SolarCity; co-chairman of OpenAI; co-founder of Zip2; and founder of X.com, which merged with Confinity and took the name PayPal. As of February 2017, he has an estimated net worth of 13.9 billion, making him the 94th wealthiest person in the world.
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Elon Musk is undeniably a business titan. He controls massive companies like Tesla and SpaceX, and has cemented himself in history forever - but how much do you really know about the man behind it all?
Inside this detailed account of Elon Musk’s life and career, you’ll learn about his childhood and schooling in South Africa, his humble beginnings on the American continent, and his first endeavors into business. From the early Zip2 and X.com which marked the beginnings of Musk’s career, to the cutting-edge SpaceX and Tesla we know him for today, you’ll discover how an obscure and unassuming idea led to the founding of SpaceX, how Tesla revolutionized electric cars, and how these companies (and Musk himself) continue to endure against all odds.
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- Tim Jorgensen
- 01-17-20
Bought the wrong Musk biography
The is an abridged knock off of Ashlee Vance's book. In fact, the majority of the Musk quotes in the book are lifted from firsthand interviews Musk gave to Ashlee Vance. The book is very disorganized; it is loosely chronological but primarily organized by topic: SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, etc. This makes it very hard to follow because it keeps jumping around in time and place. Plus, the audiobook sounds like it's being read by a computer. If you really are interested in learning about Musk -- who is a very interesting character indeed -- skip over this a read Ashlee Vance's book. Vance's biography of Musk is much longer, and a couple of years out of date, but it's a NYT Best Seller.
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- Luke
- 09-20-19
Elon Musk
I was given this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
This was not the first Elon Musk biography I'd listened to, but the first was a few years ago, so this was a nice update/reminder at a much more manageable length. This is an inspiring man, full of flaws, but refusing to allow them to stop his vision.
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- Joseph
- 09-28-20
Not Even Cliff Notes Depth
I'm an Elon Musk fanboy, but the writer sounds ready to chug Elon's bath water.
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- Nathan Douglas Shaw Barteau
- 11-27-22
Thanks Nate Whitman
Nate Whitman gave me a great listing opportunity- Elon Musk is an awesome story, and I can listen about him - in the future! 🇺🇳
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- Vetea Ribet
- 08-20-22
Just eh…
Not that great a book!
Stories are the ones we’ve all heard about in the news over the years.
Clearly no personal stories from him in there!
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- Brenna N. Penrod
- 05-27-22
Regurgitation of Ashlee Vance‘s Book
Sadly, there was very little difference between this and Ashlee Vance’s book on Elon Musk. It’s as if the author just used Vance’s book as a primary source document and reorganized various topics differently. This is a smaller book, so if you just want the nitty gritty, it’s decent. If you want the full picture, don’t get this book - get Ashlee Vance’s book instead.
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- Bill M.
- 05-12-22
copy
copy of ashley vances book practically word for word only got through 4 chapters
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- T. Rowe
- 02-03-21
Seems rushed
Although the book is good, t feels rushed and not so much a biography but more of a quick highlight reel to gain some quick cash. It may he the author, but found that it was lacking, and in the further points in the timeline were rather cliff noted and moved on
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- Anonymous User
- 03-09-20
shortened version of other book
it was a shortened version of his other book bit of a rip really felt like i was listning to a repeater station
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Elon Musk. Tesla, PayPal, SpaceX - l'entrepreneur qui va changer le monde
- By: Ashlee Vance
- Narrated by: Jérôme Carrette
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Elon Musk fait partie de ceux qui changent les règles du jeu. Largement considéré comme le plus grand industriel du moment, il porte l'innovation à des niveaux rarement atteints au point d'avoir servi de modèle pour Tony Stark, alias Iron Man. À 44 ans, il a monté en quelques années une entreprise, Tesla, qui révolutionne l'industrie automobile, une autre, SpaceX, qui concurrence Arianespace. Il a auparavant bouleversé le marché des paiements avec PayPal. Son objectif ultime : coloniser Mars.
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Why is a French-language bio of Elon Musk here???
- By Kindle Customer on 07-14-18
By: Ashlee Vance
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Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World
- By: Anna Crowley Redding
- Narrated by: Chris Ciulla, Emily Lawrence
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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Elon Musk is the visionary behind SpaceX and CEO of the electric car company Tesla. He is working on unique and daring improvements to both public transit and solar energy. And then, there's his highly-publicized plans for colonizing Mars.... But behind the mind-blowing headlines and legendary drive is the story of a bullied and beaten school boy, who through creativity and determination decided to rewrite his story and find his own way to make the world a better place. And to do so with a sense of fun and style.
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Definitely a YA book. Provides some inspiration for young people, but more of a Fluff Piece.
- By Jacob Stevens on 07-28-21
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Power Play
- Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
- By: Tim Higgins
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
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Tesla is the envy of the automotive world. Born at the start of the millennium, it was the first car company to be valued at $1 trillion. Its CEO, the mercurial, charismatic Elon Musk has become not just a celebrity but the richest man in the world. But Tesla’s success was far from guaranteed. Founded in the 2000s, the company was built on an audacious vision. Musk and a small band of Silicon Valley engineers set out to make a car that was quicker, sexier, smoother, and cleaner than any gas-guzzler on the road.
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Good, but you've heard these stories before
- By Daniel on 08-18-21
By: Tim Higgins
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The Elon Musk Mission
- Making the Future Awesome: How Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, and Neuralink Are Changing the World
- By: Randy Kirk, Lars Strandridder, Brian Wang, and others
- Narrated by: Bob Dunsworth
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Self-driving electric cars! Trips to the Moon and Mars! A world where fossil fuels are no longer needed! An age where humanoid robots will do the dangerous, boring jobs! Welcome to the world that Elon Musk is creating.
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Request for more narrator options
- By alan m garcia on 12-12-22
By: Randy Kirk, and others
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Steve Jobs
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 25 hrs and 18 mins
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Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
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Good Biography, Fine narrator
- By Chris on 10-27-11
By: Walter Isaacson
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The Elon Musk Method
- Business Principles from the World's Most Powerful Entrepreneur
- By: Randy Kirk
- Narrated by: Bob Dunsworth
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
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What does Elon Musk know that you don’t? Would you like to achieve even a fraction of his success? Now you can. Serial entrepreneur and best-selling author, Randy Kirk, exposes 16 secret principles that guide Elon Musk in his entrepreneurial decisions.
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a total waste of timej
- By William Ricketts on 06-24-20
By: Randy Kirk
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
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Why we think it’s a great listen: You thought he was a stodgy scientist with funny hair, but Isaacson and Hermann reveal an eloquent, intense, and selfless human being who not only shaped science with his theories, but politics and world events in the 20th century as well. Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos.
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Surprise: Two books in one!
- By Henrik on 04-20-07
By: Walter Isaacson
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Biography Boxset: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Warren Buffett
- Extraordinary Lives: Follow the Journeys, the Lessons, the Rules for Success
- By: Mark Smith
- Narrated by: George Johnson
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
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This collection reveals the lives, lessons, and rules for success that have influenced Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, and Jeff Bezos, three billionaire businessmen who single-handedly disrupted and transformed the world in which we live. To become a billionaire from scratch is no easy feat. It can seem an impossible dream that’s exclusive only to the lucky few. However, this audiobook shows it is possible with the right know-how and that becoming a billionaire is less about luck and more about making the right decisions and working hard.
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Not a fan of the narrator
- By Amazon Customer on 09-01-22
By: Mark Smith
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Power Play
- Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
- By: Tim Higgins
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
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Tesla is the envy of the automotive world. Born at the start of the millennium, it was the first car company to be valued at $1 trillion. Its CEO, the mercurial, charismatic Elon Musk has become not just a celebrity but the richest man in the world. But Tesla’s success was far from guaranteed. Founded in the 2000s, the company was built on an audacious vision. Musk and a small band of Silicon Valley engineers set out to make a car that was quicker, sexier, smoother, and cleaner than any gas-guzzler on the road.
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Good, but you've heard these stories before
- By Daniel on 08-18-21
By: Tim Higgins
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Elon Musk
- Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- By: Ashlee Vance
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
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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.