Who is Elon Musk and what drives him?

As a new Elon Musk biography raises troubling questions about his role in the Ukraine war, our film asks what drives this ceaseless entrepreneur.

00:00 - Who is Elon Musk?
00:58 - How did we get here?
01:54 - What are his successes?
04:56 - What are his failures?
07:21 - What does the future look like?

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Walter Isaacson’s book charts the wayward path of Elon Musk: https://econ.st/3rawNsR

The Musk-Zuckerberg social-media smackdown: https://econ.st/44UYhB1

Elon Musk, Twitter and an epic case of buyer’s remorse: https://econ.st/44P0Lkm

Elon Musk is taking Twitter’s “public square” private: https://econ.st/3OqLLnd

Elon Musk’s challenge to management thinking: https://econ.st/3Y7UXAs

How SpaceX set off a new race to commercialise space: https://econ.st/3DpnAzx

Despite an explosion, Elon Musk is closer to his new space age: https://econ.st/46YLzmt

Can Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites bankroll a base on Mars?: https://econ.st/3O7tjP5

Elon Musk’s foray into geopolitics has Ukraine worried: https://econ.st/44Dy0Ya

The cult of an Elon Musk or a Jack Ma has its perks—but also perils: https://econ.st/3pYk0t1

1843: The Musk superfans who want to live on Mars with Elon: https://econ.st/3Y1A6yF

Listen: Meta’s Threads app has better odds of usurping Twitter than previous clones had: https://econ.st/43CdKVC

Listen: How Elon Musk’s Starlink has changed warfare: https://econ.st/3Qdb4KS

Listen: “No one has ever had a very good time being the boss of it”—Musk and Twitter: https://econ.st/3pSjxIU