Elon Musk

Title Page
Epigraph
Prologue: Muse of Fire
Chapter 1: Adventurers
Chapter 2: A Mind of His Own: Pretoria, the 1970s
Chapter 3: Life with Father: Pretoria, the 1980s
Chapter 4: The Seeker: Pretoria, the 1980s
Chapter 5: Escape Velocity: Leaving South Africa, 1989
Chapter 6: Canada: 1989
Chapter 7: Queen’s: Kingston, Ontario, 1990–1991
Chapter 8: Penn: Philadelphia, 1992–1994
Chapter 9: Go West: Silicon Valley, 1994–1995
Chapter 10: Zip2: Palo Alto, 1995–1999
Chapter 11: Justine: Palo Alto, the 1990s
Chapter 12: X.com: Palo Alto, 1999–2000
Chapter 13: The Coup: PayPal, September 2000
Chapter 14: Mars: SpaceX, 2001
Chapter 15: Rocket Man: SpaceX, 2002
Chapter 16: Fathers and Sons: Los Angeles, 2002
Chapter 17: Revving Up: SpaceX, 2002
Chapter 18: Musk’s Rules for Rocket-Building: SpaceX, 2002–2003
Chapter 19: Mr. Musk Goes to Washington: SpaceX, 2002–2003
Chapter 20: Founders: Tesla, 2003–2004
Chapter 21: The Roadster: Tesla, 2004–2006
Chapter 22: Kwaj: SpaceX, 2005–2006
Chapter 23: Two Strikes: Kwaj, 2006–2007
Chapter 24: The SWAT Team: Tesla, 2006–2008
Chapter 25: Taking the Wheel: Tesla, 2007–2008
Chapter 26: Divorce: 2008
Chapter 27: Talulah: 2008
Chapter 28: Strike Three: Kwaj, August 3, 2008
Chapter 29: On the Brink: Tesla and SpaceX, 2008
Chapter 30: The Fourth Launch: Kwaj, August–September 2008
Chapter 31: Saving Tesla: December 2008
Chapter 32: The Model S: Tesla, 2009
Chapter 33: Private Space: SpaceX, 2009–2010
Chapter 34: Falcon 9 Liftoff: Cape Canaveral, 2010
Chapter 35: Marrying Talulah: September 2010
Chapter 36: Manufacturing: Tesla, 2010–2013
Chapter 37: Musk and Bezos: SpaceX, 2013–2014
Chapter 38: The Falcon Hears the Falconer: SpaceX, 2014–2015
Chapter 39: The Talulah Roller Coaster: 2012–2015
Chapter 40: Artificial Intelligence: OpenAI, 2012–2015
Chapter 41: The Launch of Autopilot: Tesla, 2014–2016
Chapter 42: Solar: Tesla Energy, 2004–2016
Chapter 43: The Boring Company: 2016
Chapter 44: Rocky Relationships: 2016–2017
Chapter 45: Descent into the Dark: 2017
Chapter 46: Fremont Factory Hell: Tesla, 2018
Chapter 47: Open-Loop Warning: 2018
Chapter 48: Fallout: 2018
Chapter 49: Grimes: 2018
Chapter 50: Shanghai: Tesla, 2015–2019
Chapter 51: Cybertruck: Tesla, 2018–2019
Chapter 52: Starlink: SpaceX, 2015–2018
Chapter 53: Starship: SpaceX, 2018–2019
Chapter 54: Autonomy Day: Tesla, April 2019
Chapter 55: Giga Texas: Tesla, 2020–2021
Chapter 56: Family Life: 2020
Chapter 57: Full Throttle: SpaceX, 2020
Chapter 58: Bezos vs. Musk, Round 2: SpaceX, 2021
Chapter 59: Starship Surge: SpaceX, July 2021
Chapter 60: Solar Surge: Summer 2021
Chapter 61: Nights Out: Summer 2021
Chapter 62: Inspiration4: SpaceX, September 2021
Chapter 63: Raptor Shake-up: SpaceX, 2021
Chapter 64: Optimus Is Born: Tesla, August 2021
Chapter 65: Neuralink: 2017–2020
Chapter 66: Vision Only: Tesla, January 2021
Chapter 67: Money: 2021–2022
Chapter 68: Father of the Year: 2021
Chapter 69: Politics: 2020–2022
Chapter 70: Ukraine: 2022
Chapter 71: Bill Gates: 2022
Chapter 72: Active Investor: Twitter, January–April 2022
Chapter 73: “I made an offer”: Twitter, April 2022
Chapter 74: Hot and Cold: Twitter, April–June 2022
Chapter 75: Father’s Day: June 2022
Chapter 76: Starbase Shake-up: SpaceX, 2022
Chapter 77: Optimus Prime: Tesla, 2021–2022
Chapter 78: Uncertainty: Twitter, July–September 2022
Chapter 79: Optimus Unveiled: Tesla, September 2022
Chapter 80: Robotaxi: Tesla, 2022
Chapter 81: “Let that sink in”: Twitter, October 26–27, 2022
Chapter 82: The Takeover: Twitter, Thursday, October 27, 2022
Chapter 83: The Three Musketeers: Twitter, October 26–30, 2022
Chapter 84: Content Moderation: Twitter, October 27–30, 2022
Chapter 85: Halloween: Twitter, October 2022
Chapter 86: Blue Checks: Twitter, November 2–10, 2022
Chapter 87: All In: Twitter, November 10–18, 2022
Chapter 88: Hardcore: Twitter, November 18–30, 2022
Chapter 89: Miracles: Neuralink, November 2022
Chapter 90: The Twitter Files: Twitter, December 2022
Chapter 91: Rabbit Holes: Twitter, December 2022
Chapter 92: Christmas Capers: December 2022
Chapter 93: AI for Cars: Tesla, 2022–2023
Chapter 94: AI for Humans: X.AI, 2023
Chapter 95: The Starship Launch: SpaceX, April 2023
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Sources
Notes
Index
Photo Credits
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