Journal 2: Looking into fame

For today’s journal, I have decided to take a look into one of my favorite personalities in social media. The person i will cover today is Elon Musk and my platform of choice was Twitter, one of the biggest social media platforms to date. Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa on the 28th of June, 1971 and is the founder and CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla motors. In 1992, he attended the University of Pennsylvania and studied Business and Physics, both which would later on serve as a foundation for his future successes. He has 6 children, Griffin Musk and Xavier Musk both born in 2004 and in 2006 he had triplets, Kai Musk, Saxon Musk, and Damian Musk. Elon Musk is known for his two highly innovative companies Tesla and Spacex, Tesla which is known for reducing a humongous carbon footprint through the use of producing electric vehicles that provide luxury, comfort, and efficiency, and SpaceX which allowed the space industry to become privatized and it allows the expansion of technology with the goal to colonize mars very soon. Musk is not only a highly innovative entrepreneur. but he is also philanthropic as he has donated several millions of dollars to various charitable organizations such as ‘Global Learning’, a program designed to empower children to take control of their learning and strengthen their knowledge. He was also involved in singing ‘The Pledge’, in which various of the worlds wealthiest donate the majority of their wealth to charity either whenever they pass or when they desire to do so. Musk has also done a ton of interviews with other personalities which allow him to be more open showing is comedic side rather than serious interviews like the ones he does for the mass media. Musk is also very open with his projects and provides massive feedback on his Twitter page. From what i have researched, Elon musk is a modern day genius and I believe he will push mankind’s goals like we have never seen before.