Musk has been a ubiquitous figure in American culture for the past few years.
The American magazine Time on Monday named the founder of the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla and also a space entrepreneur Elon Musk as Personality of the Year, highlighting the takeoff in 2021 of this technology mogul.
“Personality of the Year is someone influential, and few individuals are more influential than @elonmusk in life on Earth, and potentially beyond Earth as well.” highlighted the editor-in-chief of Time, Edward Felsenthal, when announcing the winner on his Twitter account.
This man from 50 years old born in South AfricaAnd with great ambition, this year he surpassed his rival in the space race Jeff Bezos, the founding tycoon of the online sales giant Amazon, to become the richest person in the world.
In October, the valuation of his electric car company surpassed a trillion dollars, and during the year his company SpaceX has partnered with the US space agency, NASA, to launch several missions.
Musk has been a ubiquitous figure in American culture for the past few years. He amassed 66 million followers on Twitter and was a guest host of the famous comedy show Saturday Night Live in May.
He speaks ambitiously about his interest in colonizing Mars and plans orbital flights for next year as part of SpaceX’s plan to make the American return to the Moon possible.
In addition, he is known for influencing the movements of the markets and the value of cryptocurrencies with just one tweet.
But its main socioeconomic influence for now is with its innovative electric vehicles.
“Our intention with Tesla has always been to serve as an example for the automotive industry, hoping that they will also make electric cars so that we can accelerate the transition to sustainable energy,” Musk said in an interview released alongside the person of the year announcement.
But outer space is still one of his greatest ambitions.
“His goal is to make humanity a multiplanetary species,” said Time collaborator Jeffrey Kluger in the video.
Time first presented its Personality of the Year award in 1927. (I)
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