Elon Musk - Quodid

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Elon Reeve Musk ( EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is an industrialist, technologist, and former public official who is the chief executive officer (CEO) and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025, and became the only trillionaire (in terms of US dollars) in June 2026; as of October 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be $1.1 trillion.

Quotes from Elon Musk

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

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When I was a little kid, I was really scared of the dark. But then I came to understand, dark just means the absence of photons in the visible wavelength 400 to 700 nanometers. Then I thought, well it's really silly to be afraid of a lack of photons. Then I wasn't afraid of the dark anymore after that.

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Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the right answer (two people who don't know something are no better than one), will tend to slow down progress, and will make the task incredibly expensive.

A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.

There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.

You shouldn't do things differently just because they're different. They need to be.. Better.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.