The second richest man in the world, Elon Musk, has demonstrated its leadership in the business world. Owner of Tesla, an electric car company, decided to forge one of the most important aerospace companies of the moment: SpaceX.
His commitment to these industries has given him endless recognitions, and his innovation has led him to be the center of attention of all the media. Just in February, it announced that Tesla had invested 1.5 billion in Bitcoin, and last Tuesday he announced that it would now be possible to obtain one of his cars through this currency.
The Information website revealed that Musk justified his skill with reading books, which had accompanied him since childhood and whose knowledge he could not dispose of. “Books raised me. First the books and then my parents ”, he expressed in an interview directed by the magazine Rolling Stone.
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Which authors led him by the hand to glimpse success? Here is a CNBC list of the billionaire’s favorite works.
STRUCTURES OR WHY THINGS DON’T FALL
From the author JE Gordon, this text collects the types of structures that exist, information that every engineer or architect should collect if he is interested in areas of science and technology.
AN AMERICAN LIFE
Written by Walter Isaacson, the work collects all the information about the American Benjamin Franklin, who is recognized for his incredible contributions in the scientific universe. Therefore, Elon Musk has classified him as his “hero.”
FROM ZERO TO ONE: HOW TO INVENT THE FUTURE
Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal, wrote this book in order to create a foolproof method for creating successful businesses and startups. In it, he is in charge of recounting the way in which each of his ideas were carried out until the previously agreed objectives were achieved.
FOUNDATION TRILOGY
Isaac Asimov wrote one of the trilogies most praised by the elite of science fiction. The story focuses on a man who has traveled and lived on different planets in the solar system, a work that could serve as inspiration for Musk to reap the desire to explore space and its galaxies. Will the businessman manage to bring life to Mars?
EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND HIS UNIVERSE
This book houses the way in which the mind of scientist Albert Einstein worked, answering one of the most asked questions in history: Why was he a genius?
SUPERINTELLIGENCE: ROADS, DANGERS, STRATEGIES
Elon Musk added to his references, the work of Nick Bostrom, who performs a detailed analysis of the functioning of the human brain to define what its possibilities and limitations are at the time artificial intelligence and intelligent life are developed.
MERCHANTS OF DOUBT
In 2013, the businessman released this title through his official accounts, which recounts the journey of a group of scientists who, due to their connections with some political figures, decided to hide a host of truths that would come to light for four decades later.
LORD OF THE FLIES
Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding, whose plot describes the way in which 30 men will have to manage to survive on a desert island. Winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature, she also became the favorite plot of billionaire Musk.
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