Elon Musk

Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has founded companies such as Zip2 Corp, X.com, Space X, SolarCity, and Tesla Motors, the electric car innovator. As a philanthropist he founded the Musk Foundation, which focuses on renewable energy, space exploration, pediatrics, and science education. He also sits on the boards of several other like-minded organizations. In 2010 Musk was included on TIME magazine’s list of 100 people who most affected the world, he was named one of the “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century” by Esquire magazine. Updated 2012