Elon Musk is extremely well known, with a net worth of 201.6 billion dollars as of February 2024. He is mostly known for SpaceX, the creation of Tesla, and buying and renaming Twitter to “X”. He was born June 28, 1971, and is one of the biggest inspirations. He was born into a middle-class family and became a millionaire at the young age of 27. He went to the University of Pennsylvania where he started to experiment with apps like Zip2 and X.com (now known as PayPal).
Although it doesn’t seem like Musk is making much of a positive impact on the world however he is. Tesla produces zero emissions which means no harmful chemicals and pollutants are released into the environment. Although many say that Tesla is expensive for the average person, Musk spends his money on charities. Musk has donated 55 million dollars to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. When he changed Twitter to X, there were many negative comments. Musk paid 44 billion dollars for Twitter and acknowledges that he overpaid for it, in addition, the app lost 25 billion dollars in value after he bought it.
Elon Musk has been changing the world, with positive and negative feedback from the community. He tries his best to donate money towards research purposes and give back to the community.