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\n\tLove him or hate him, Elon Musk knows how to make headlines. A new biography on the controversial CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX examines what the was released Tuesday by author Walter Isaacson, and it\u2019s now No. 3 on Amazon\u2019s nonfiction charts in its first week.<\/p>\n
\n\tPublished by Simon & Schuster, the 688-page book explores the 52-year-old\u2019s upbringing in South Africa by \u201ccharismatic fantasist\u201d engineer father, Errol Musk, and dietician mother, Maye Musk, who now moonlights as a model. (They divorced in 1979.) It\u2019s 30 percent off for its debut week, but those who prefer audiobooks can listen to Isaacson\u2019s Elon Musk<\/em> for free with a new subscription to Audible.<\/p>\n\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tElon Musk\t<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t$24.48\t<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton Amazon.com\t<\/span>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBuy now\t<\/span>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\tAs a child, the future billionaire \u201cwas regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father [whose] impact on his psyche would linger.\u201d (In a statement to Business Insider, the elder Musk disputed his son\u2019s accounts.)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201c[Elon Musk] developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive,\u201d per the book\u2019s synopsis. \u201cThe result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tBy 2022, Tesla had sold one million electric cars and SpaceX launched 31 rockets into space. <\/p>\n
\n\tIsaacson shadowed his subject for two years and attended his meetings, toured his companies\u2019 factories and spent hours interviewing Musk and his family, friends, colleagues and \u201cadversaries.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tElon Musk himself has admitted, \u201cI need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about 14 years now, or arguably most of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tFor those who don\u2019t have time to read up on Musk\u2019s life story, the audiobook version is available for free on Audible with a new membership. The audiobook platform is free for the first 30 days and members get to claim two free titles during their first month, then one monthly thereafter. Memberships include unlimited listening to select audiobooks, Audible originals and podcasts; after the first 30 days, the service is $15 per month and you can cancel anytime.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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