Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson followed Elon Musk for two years, and the portrait that emerges refuses to settle on either genius or menace. The biography traces a childhood in South Africa marked by bullying and a difficult father, then the ventures that put Musk at the centre of electric cars, private spaceflight, artificial intelligence and, eventually, Twitter. Isaacson sets the record of launches, production numbers and acquisitions beside an account of temperament: an appetite for risk, a taste for public conflict, and an intensity that proved destructive to people close to him. Musk's own reflections on that compulsion run through the later chapters. Inside the portrait: • Reporting drawn from close access over an extended period • Coverage of Tesla, SpaceX, artificial intelligence and the Twitter takeover • Attention to family history and its effect on his working style • Written by the biographer behind the authorised life of Steve Jobs For readers of business and technology biography and anyone tracking the companies shaping the coming decade. Find it at Boipoka.