40位40歲以下商界精英:往屆人物今何在
艾隆?馬斯克 ? 目前頭銜:億萬富翁,創業者,發明家 ? 上榜時間(排名):2010年(第16位) 馬斯克或許是這個世界上最忙碌的人。他是電動汽車制造商特斯拉(Tesla)的聯合創始人兼CEO,是火箭公司SpaceX的創始人兼CEO,是太陽能供應商SolarCity的董事會主席。而且,他還在考慮新的項目。今年,馬斯克提出了一個被大肆炒作的城市交通計劃——Hyperloop。他表示,通過該計劃,乘客從洛杉磯到舊金山僅需要30分鐘,時速達到350英里。此外,他還展示了一款可用手勢控制的電腦程序的原型【靈感來自電影《鋼鐵俠》(Iron Man)】。大家是不是覺得這些創意還太過遙遠?理論上確實如此。然而,當初電動汽車公司能夠實現盈利也被許多人認為是遙不可及的目標,但馬斯克的特斯拉在今年就實現了盈利。不過,現在討論他的自動駕駛汽車計劃依然為時過早。 |
Elon Musk ? Current title: Billionaire, entrepreneur, inventor ? Year on list (rank): 2010 (No. 16) Musk may be the world's busiest man. He is co-founder and CEO of electric car maker Tesla, founder and CEO of rocket company SpaceX, and the chairman of solar power provider SolarCity. And still, he's tacking on projects. This year, Musk unveiled a much-hyped proposal for urban transit that he called the Hyperloop, which he said would be able to transport passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just 30 minutes, at 350 miles per hour. He also showed off a prototype for a computer program that you can control by simply moving your hands (a la the "Iron Man" movies) . Far-fetched? Sure. But so was the idea that an electric car company could be profitable, and Musk's Tesla managed that this year. Still too soon to say about his plans to get that car to drive itself, though. |