Elon Musk: featured philanthropist

1. Elon Musk: featured philanthropist A Presentation by aaron norris

2. https://goo.gl/images/7Xd4rV Who is he? What does he do? Why does it matter?

3. Background • ElonReeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971 in South Africa. • He has two other siblings – a brother, Kimbal and a sister, Tosca. • He saw his first sign of entrepreneurial success at age 12 when he sold a video game he created for $500. • He has both Canadian and American citizenship. • He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 24 after transferring from Queen’s University. • He received Bachelor of Science degrees in both physics and economics.

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5. Start-ups Company Current or Highest Position Co-Founder Co-Founder/CEO CEO/CTO CEO/Product Architect Chairman Conceptualizer Co-chairman Zip2 X.com/PayPal SpaceX Tesla Motors SolarCity Hyperloop • OpenAI

6. Vision • Musk has stated that the goals of SolarCity, Tesla Motors, and SpaceX revolve around his vision to change the world and humanity.His goals include reducing global warming through sustainable energy production and consumption, and reducing the "risk of human extinction" by "making life multiplanetary" by setting up a human colony on Mars. • In addition to his primary business pursuits, he has also envisioned a high-speed transportation system known as the Hyperloop, and has proposed a VTOL supersonic jetaircraft with electric fan propulsion, known as the Musk electric jet. - Wikipedia

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8. Philanthropy • Musk is chairman of the Musk Foundation, which focuses its philanthropic efforts on providing solar-power energy systems in disaster areas. In 2010, the Musk foundation collaborated with SolarCity to donate a 25-kW solar power system to the South Bay Community Alliance's (SBCA) hurricane response centre in Coden, Alabama.In July 2011, the Musk Foundation donated $250,000 towards a solar power project in Sōma, Japan, a city that had been recently devastated by tsunami. • In July 2014, Musk was asked by cartoonistMatthew Inman and the great-nephew of Nikola Tesla (William Terbo) to donate $8 million towards the construction of the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe. Ultimately, Musk agreed to donate $1 million towards the project and additionally pledged to build a Tesla Supercharger in the museum car park. • In January 2015, Musk donated $10 million to the Future of Life Institute to run a global research program aimed at keeping artificial intelligence beneficial to humanity. • As of 2015, Musk is a trustee of the X Prize Foundation and a signatory of The Giving Pledge. - Wikipedia

9. Conclusion Elon Musk is a forward-thinking innovator and entrepreneur who uses his wealth and acclaim to invoke a positive message of responsibility when dealing with modern technology, artificial intelligence, and sustainable forms of living and transportation. Elon Musk and his brother, Kimbal, started a web software company with a $28,000 investment from their father. That company later sold for over $307 million, of which Elon walked away with over $22 million alone. Musk then took half of that money to co-found an online financial services company. This company eventually merged with a larger company. Elon Musk had over $165 million in shares of the merged company at the time that it sold to an even larger company. Elon then used this significant acquired capital to start several, very successful ventures such as Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), Tesla Motors, and SolarCity. Through his knowledge and experience, Elon Musk has used his influence to raise awareness about the dangers of artificial intelligence without restriction, as well as providing a fully-sustainable model for living and transportation that may one day be used on another planet.

10. Citations • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk • http://www.biography.com/people/elon-musk-20837159